SIGHS  -  .^^^^^4^ 


OR, 


HE  DAUGHTER; 

$  COMEDT, 

^      —     .  FIVE  ACTS; 

CO  ^  c1 

^     Js^lfTf^Ii^^fORMED  AT  THE  THEATRE  ROYAL^ 

 HAY-MARKET. 

:en  from  the  German  drama  of 

KOTZEBUE  ; 

WITH  ALTERATIONS, 


Br  PRINCE  HOARE, 


I'  ho  pien  di  fofpir  queft'  aer  tutto  . 

JLei,  che'  1  ciel  ne  mcftro,  terra  n'afconde, 

yeggio,  ed  odo,  ed  intendo  ;  ch'  ancor  viva 

Di  li  lonuno  a'  fofpir  miei  rifponde.  Petraro. 


CHARLESrOWN  : 

VRINTED  BY   SAMUEL   ETHERIDGE,  FOR 

E.  LARKIN,  No.  47,  Cornhill,  BOSTON^ 


i8oo. 


PROLOGUE,  Sfj^ 
WMTTEN  BY  JOHN  TAYLORj'^'^Sv^/F.T^^^ 


THE  title  of  our  play,  at  leaft  Is  new—- 
*Tis  hard  to  make  the  fubjed  nov<\  too. 
All  fcenes  of  paffmg  life  the  theme  fupply, 
For  where's  the  heart  without  its  fecret  figh  ? 
And,  hence,  our  Bard  an  arduous  tafk  has  try'd, 
Since  judges  muft  abound  on  ev'ry  fide. 
The  fcenic  Mufe  has  drawn,  from  age  to  age, 
The  fighing  race  on  her  impartial  page  ; 
And  while  the  motley  tribe  her  thoughts  review. 
She  fighs  herfelf  in  vain  for  fomething  new. 
The  Mifer,  as  fhe  Ihews  you  o*er  and  o*er, 
Amid  exhauftlefs  heaps,  will  figh  for  more  ; 
And,  could  he  drain  the  fprings  of  fortune  dry. 
Still,  ftill  for  more  his  felfiih  foal  would  llgL 
The  Lover,  drooping  in  the  filent  fhade. 
Is  an  old  dealer  in  the  fighing  trade  ; 
But  let  the  nymph  in  wedlock  eafe  his  moan, 
He'H  figh  again,  per  chance,  to  figh  alone  ; 
Or,  if  with  tender  cares  he  ftill  fhould  pine, 
His  fighs  are  wafted  to  another  Ihrine, 
The  Hero's  fwelling  bofom  llghs  for  fame? 
To  grant  his  wifli  is  but  to  fpur  his  aim  : 
0*er  earth  if  his  victorious  banners  fly. 
For  other  world's  to  conquer  ftill  he'll  ligh. 
The  Poet  fighs  to  lift  his  laurel'd  head 
Triumphant  o'er  the  living  and  the  dead 


[    iv  J 


At  laft  he  fighs  for  wreaths  to  deck  his  tomb. 

And  flourifh  round  it  in  eternal  bloom. 

The  Critic  hunts  for  faults  with  eager  eyes, 

And  only  o'er  an  author's  beauty  figlis  ; 

vVhile  you  with  lib'ral  zeal  thefe  beauties  pralfe, 

And  figh  if  Envy's  breath  fhould  blaft  his  bays. 

In  fhort,  through  wife  and  weak,  and  great  and  fmalU 

The  ftage  has  fhewn  that  fighs  intrude  on  all  ; 

And,  let  poor  mortals  gain  whate'er  they  will> 

A  figh  for  fomething  muil  polfefs  them  ftilL 

To-night,  pur  author,  too,  with  fighs  appears. 

The  panting  progeny  of  flutt'ring  fears  ; 

He  fears,  alas  !  the  weaknefs  of  his  caufe, 

And  fighs  moft  anxioufly  for  your  applaufe  ; 

S^et,  Ihould  you  give  it,  'twill  but  raife  new  fighs 

Tor  merit  to  deferve  lo  rich  a  prize. 


DRAMATIS  PERSONAE. 


x^^k'vz^  Von  Snarl,  a  rich  merchant^   -  Mr.  Suett.  /  ^ 

TiLMAN  ToTUM,  bis  Book-keeper^  Mr*  Fawcett.^  Af*>^f^ 
■  ^y^?  Adelbeit,  a  Poland^r,  lodging\        ^  Remble. 
^    ^  m  yon  Snarl  s  houje,  y 

^^fUvC  Leopold,  Brother  to  Von  Snarly    Mr.  Barry  more. 
'f'/^/ii/'  Nicholas,  Servant  to  Van  Snarl,  Mr.  Chippendale. 
C-^^M.  i^ANs  Wii.LiAM,ayoung  Dutch-'J 

^  man,  a  Suiter  to  Von  SnarPs  \  Mr.  Palmer. 

daughter,.  j 

/T^^pf/'  ]osEVHi}iE,  Von  SnarPs Daughter,  Mi/sDe  Cauv, 
/^,^<fiMc  Louisa,  fuppofed  Daughter  to'J 

Airs.  Rofe,  Houfekeeper  tetVon  >  Mrs.  Gibbs. 
^        Snarl,  J 
^/A^^  Mrs.  Rose,  Houfekeeper  to  Venl  ^^^^  Datenport. 

^      onarl,  J 
$jyrv^^  ^Illen,  a  Villager^  Mrs.  Bland. 

SCENE-    A  Sea-port  in  Germany- 


»  3 


SIGHS ; 

OR, 

rUE  DJUGHTER. 

AQT  I.    SCENE  I. 

j4  parlor  :  at  the  hack  are  doors  *with  glafs  f  annelid 
through  luhich  h  difcovered  a  large  Compting  houfcy 
*where  fever al  clerks  are  nx>ritiyig. 

NicftOLAS  laying  the  hreakfafi  on  the  table* 

How  plaguy  crofs  my  mafter  is  before 
breakfaft  !  not  a  good  word  comes  from  his  mouth 
till  he  has  put  a  roll  down  his  throat — (piles  up  rolls 
on  a  plate) — It  is  no  little  matter  that  brings  him  in- 
to temper.  He  will  make  as  much  havoc  among 
thefe  rolls,  as  a  ftage-coach  would  with  lix  infides. 
Oh,  here  he  comes — ^now  I  fhall  get  my  trimmings, 
becaufe  I  afked  for  a  bit  of  lace  to  my  coat.  "  My 
mailer  opens  his  eyes  and  his  mouth  at  the  fame  mo- 
ment in  a  morning  ;  and  between  hunger  and  ill  tem- 
per, fnaps  at  every  thing  he  fees." 

Enter  Von  Snarl. 

V.  Sn.  And  fo  you  muft  have  lace  "to  your  coat  \ 
you  impertinent  puppy  !  to  give  me  your  opinions  ! 

Nic.  I  did  not  mean  any  thing,  Sir. 

J^.  Sn,  And  what  do  you  fpeak  for,  if  you  don't 
mean  any  thing  ?  hold  your  tongue  at  once  j  that's 
the  fhorteft  way  of  faying  nothing. 


s 


SIGHS  ;  OR, 


Nic,  I  did  not  look  on  it  as  how  you'd  be  angry. 

V on.  Sn,  Who  fays  I  am  angry  ?  Rafcal,  if  you 
did  not  know  the  fw-eetnefs  of  my  temper,  you  would 
not  dare  to  open  your  lips  :  always  trying  to  vex  me, 
and  fpoil  my  temper  !  But  I  ^u;///  be  quite  happy  and 
»;afy,  Vm  determined,  in  fpite  of  you  all.    V\\  be 

placid—I'll  be  ferene— I'll  be  meek— Pll  be  

( turns  to  the  table  and  /peaks  hi  a  pajfwn ) — plague  on 
you  ! — what  do  you  bring  me  this  heap  of  dry  rolls 
for  ?  Fetch  a  muffin. 

Nic.  Yes,  Sir,  (ajjde)  I  wifK  he  would  begin  to  eat, 
nothing  cures  his  ill  humor  like  plenty  of  roll's  and 
muffins. 

F.  Sn.  (pours  out  tea)  If  a  man  can  lay  up  an  hun- 
dred thouiand  poundsj_  and  not  have  a  right  to  his 
own  way  of  thinking  at  leart,  there's  an  end  to  every 
thing  at  once.  If  I  had  not  the  fweeteft  temper  in 
the  world — (Nicholas  returns  ivithfeveral  muffins ) — 
\Vhere*s  the  muffins  I — Puppy  !  you  don't  think  my 
liveries  handfome  enough  !  D'ye  call  thefe  muffins  I 
Butter  a  roll  or  two.  Don't  let  me  lee  you  open  your 
( begins  eating  7?iuffins )  mouth  again,  firrah. 

iV/c.  (aftde)  I  don't  dare  anfwer  till  he  has  fwal-  ■ 
lowed- 

V.  Sn.  {^having fivallo'wed  his  morfcl)  Do  you  ftarve  ? 

Nic.  (obferving  that  he  had  eat )  No — we  know  bet- 
ter how  to  follow  our  mafter's  exiample.  We  be 
main  well  as  to  the  infide  lining.  "  But — lud  I  Sir — 
there's  our  neighbor's  fervants  be  as  fine  as  fo  many 
puppets  at  the  wax  work. 

"  V,  Sn,  Yes,  and  Hve  on  the  fame  diet  as  puppets 
at  the  wax  work.  Go  do\\'n  into  the  kitchen,  you 
rafcal,  and  flop  your  mouth." 

Nic.  What  anfwer  be  I  to  give  to  the  Polandiih 
gentleman,  that  lodges  up  flairs  ? 

V,  Sn.  What  !  now  you  want  to  plague  me  again ! 

Nic.  He  have  been  waiting  this  hall'  hour  to  know 
if  you  be  at  leifure. 


THE  DAUGHTER. 


F.  Sn,  Well,  I  cannot  hurry  my  breakfaft  for  him. 
Zounds  !  you  don't  let  me  fwallow  my  vi<?luals. 
What  is  the  ufe  of  money  if  one  cannot  be  happy  at 
one's  meals  ?  (Nicholas  going)  What  are  you  (pee" 


Probably  Mr.  Adelbert  wants  to  pay  his  rent — fo^ 
as  foon  as  I've  eat  this  roll,  tell  him  I'm  at  leifure* 
Go — and  don't  open  your  lips. 


V.  Sn.  ( taking  a  large  piece  of  muffin )  Laced  live- 
ries !  no,  no — Iblid  comfort  for  me.  Oh  here's  my 
lodger. 

Enter  A.delbert,  in  a  Poli/h  drefu 
j^del.  Mr.  Von  Snarl,  I  come  to  wait  on  you — 
V.  Sn>  Rent  in  hand — ftrid  to  your  word,  eh  ?  I'm 
glad  to  fee  it.    It's  not  always  the  cafe  with  gentler- 
men  of  fmall  fortune. 

^dd.  With  gmtknmi  of  tvery  fortunes  They 
profefs  an  obligation,  over  which  wealth  has  no  in* 
fluence, 

F,  Sn,  Aye  !  what's  that  ? 
jIdeL  Honor. 

F,  Sn,  I  fhould  not  like  my  rent  in  that  coin  s 
Honor  makes  a  good  cabinet  medal,  but  won't  pafs 
on  'Change. 

yideL  In  my  country,  in  Poland,  it  will — I  have 
feen  it  too  in  England,  at  the  call  of  friendlhip  or 
humanity,  accepted  and  endorfed  for  a  man's  whole 
eftate. 

F,  Sn.  Pfha  !  why  d'ye  plague  me  about  Eng- 
land ?  People  love  to  praife  every  country  but  the 
country  they  live  in. 

j^del.  I  am  afraid  I  difturb  you. 

F.  Sn,  No,  no,  fit  down ;  a  pundtual  tenant  is  ncfrer 
any  difturhance.  Only  that  rafcal  Nicholas  has  been 
trying  to  fpoil  the  fweetnefs  of  my  temper. — Puppy  ! 
w^ants  a  livery  'with  a  bit  of  iace  (imitates  Nicholas^ 
as  if  he  could  eat  lace  !  (forced  laugh )  ha — ha—  as  if 
he  could  eat  lace,  eh,  Mr.  Adelbert  !  Now,  you're  a 
fenfible  man — you  prefer  the  plain  drefs  of  your  coun- 
try— ^you're  economical. 


vifhly) 


for,  before  I  have  done  Ipeaking-? 


f  Nicholas  Io^js  and  eicito 


to 


SIGHS  ;  OK}- 


Mel.  Neceffity  impofes  that  duty  on  me. 

V.  Sfi.  Aye,  aye,  I  know  you're  not  fo  rich  as  T 
am.  I  have  been  laying  up  money  thefe  twenty 
years.  You'd  hardly  believe,  Mr.  Adelbert,  how  in* 
tereft  upon  intereft,  once  fet  a  rolling,  gathers  like  a 
fnowbaD.  And  you  fee  (points  to  the  compthig-houfe) 
there  they  are  at  it — there's  my  mill  going,  eh  ? 
look — there  it  goes. 

^del.  You  are  a  happy  man,  Mr.  Von  Snarl. 

y.  Sfj,  Happy  !  to  be  fure  I  am,  Why  (hould  not 
we  all  be  happy  ?  Come,  now  to  bufmefs. 

Adel.  (Jits  donun)  Well  then,  I  have.  Sir,  already  a. 
debt  to  you  ;  I  come  to  alk  your  permifllon  to  en- 
creafe  it. 

F,  Sn,  Eh  ! 

Adel.  It  is  with  the  utmoft  relud^ance  I  venture  on 
this  freedom  ;  but  you  would  greatly  oblige  me  by 
honoring  my  draft  for  twenty  pounds. 
Sn,  (flaring  at  him)  What  ! 

Adel.  If  from  riches  you  derive  happinefs,  you  have 
affuredly  learn'd  their  real  value,  that  of  imparting 
happinefs  to  others  ;  and  I  am  confident  you  will  not 
turn  your  back  on  one,  who  entrufts  you  with  his 
diftrefs. 

V.  Sn,  {turns  away  from  Adelbert)  Thank'ye 
for  the  compliment. 

AdeL  My  little  revenue  is  fecure,  but  my  remit* 
tances  are  not  arrived.    If  in  the  mean  time— 

V.  Sn.  Well,  well,  I  hope  they'll  arrive  foon. 

Adel,  Were  I  not  fatisfied  on  that  head,  \  would 
not — 

V*  Sn,  Shall  !  pour  you  out  a  difhof  tea  ? 
AdeL  You  will  indulge  me  then  ? 
y,  Srt,  You  have  feen  the  papers  I  fuppofe — no 
news — 

AdeL  (piqued)  Mr.  Von  Snarl,  you  arc  a  rich  man, 
and  accuftomed  to  fpeculations. 

y.  Sn,  Speculations  !  well,  what  of  that  ? 

AdeL  Did  you  ever  fpeculate  on  the  face  of  an 
honcft  man  ? 


THE  DAUGHTER. 


11 


y,  Sn,  Did  I  ever  fee  one  (farcaflically) 

AdeU  It  is  true  I  can  give  little  fecurity.  This 
miniature,  (drawing  a  miniature  from  his  bofG?n)  is  the 
only  one  I  am  able  to  offer.  It  is  fet  with  a  few  bril- 
liants, of  no  great  value,  and  I  am  forry  to  part  with 
it.    But  if  you  would  accept  it  as  a  pledge — 

F,  Sn.  A  pledge  ! — why,  the  devil  !  d'ye  take  me 
ibr  a  pawnbroker  f 

jidel.  I  beg  pardon. 

V,  Sn,  What  I  give,  I  give  without  pledge,  hond^ 
or  note. 

jideL  Even  to  a  ftranger  ? 

V,  Sn.  Stranger  or  no  ftranger,  Twe  arc  bound  to 
affift  diftrefs  without  intereft. 
Adel.  Generous  ! 

V,  Sn,  D'ye  obferve  ?  when  we  can— but  my 
purfe  won't  bear  a  loan  at  prefent. 
ytdel.  Only  twenty  pounds. 

V,  Sn.  Twenty  pounds  !  twenty  devils.  I  had 
yefterday  two  bankruptcies  in  my  books  ;  one  of  my 
fhips  from  Africa  loft,  with  a  cargo  of  400  blacks  on 
board,  befides  the  parfon's  widow,  Mrs.  Rofe,  and 
her  daughter,  whom  I  maintain,  as  you  know,  in-the 
houfe.  I  won't  fay  what  they  coft  mc,  becaufe  that's 
charity— but  I  know  I  have  a  tender  heart  and  a 
fweet  temper,  that  would  be  my  ruin,  if  I  did  not 
watch  my  purfe  at  both  ends.  But  come — if  I  can't 
lend  you  my  money,  I'll  give  you  my  advice.  Go  to 
Levi,  the  great  Jew,  and  he'll  lend  you  on  the  pic- 
ture nearly  its  full  ^alue. 

j^deL  To  a  Jew  ! 

^.  Sn.  A  Jew  !  well,  what  of  that  !  I  would  as 
foon  do  bufmefs  with  a  Jew  as  a  Chriftiail.  He'll 
deal  with  you  as  a  man  and  a  friend. 

yide/.  And  not  as  you  have  done,  I  beg  pardon  for 
the  trouble  of  this  vifit.  (going) 

V.  Sn,  Hark'ye,  Mr.  Adelbert,  (Adelbert  re- 
turns)  I  expe^^  to  fee  my  fon  in-law  every  hour,  and 
I  (hall  want  a  room  for  him.  I  don't  mean  to  be  un- 
xivil  to  you,  becaufe  you  have  not  got  twenty  pounds. 


STGHS  ;  OR, 


Jdel.  I  underftand  you — I  fhall  provide  myfell 
wt-th  another  lodging. 

V .  Sn.  V/ ell,  well,  as  you  like  for  that  ;  I  don't 
mean  to  turn  you  out  of  the  'houfe.  You'll  dine 
with  me  before  you  go  away  to  day  ? 

jidel.  Dine  wit}i  you  !  you  do  me  too  much  hon- 
•  or.   (  contemptuoujly  ) 

V,  Sn.  Nay,  I  infift  on  it.  You  muft  take  leave  of 
t}ie  girls  this  afternoon. 

jidel.  That's  true.  I  owe  the  young  ladies  every 
attention.    I  fnall  wait  on  you.    {^Exit.  AdelberTo 

V,  Sti.  Now  that's  what  I  call  plaguy  dry.  Owes 
the  young  ladies  ! — He  doefn't  owe  the  young  ladies 
half  fo  much  as  he  owes  me.  And  then  he'd  borrow  ! 
an  infolent  rafcal  ] — ^borrow  I  Talk  to  me  as  he  would 
to  a  pawnbroker  !  If  I  hadn't  the  fweeteft  temper  in 
the  world — Nicholas  ! 

Enter  Nicholas. 

Afk  Totum,  if  there  are  any  letters  by  tlie  mail 
to  day,  and  tell  Mrs.  Homily  to  come  hither. 
Nic,  Mrs.  Rofe,  Sir  > 

V,  Sn.  Mrs.  Rofe,  firrah    yes,  Mrs.  Rofe. 

Ntc.  Yes,  Sir.  Exit  Nicholas. 

V.  Sn.  May  I  not  call  her  Mrs.  Homily  if  I  choofe 
it  ?  Plague  on  it,  I  muft  not  have  my  jokes  now  in 
my  own  houfe. 

Nicholas  returns. 

Nic.  Mr.  Totum  fays  he  will  bring  you  the  letters 
himfelf.  Sir. 

F^.  Sn.  In  how  many  hours,  minutes,  and  feconds, 
has  he  calculated  he  (hall  come  ? 

Nic.  He  faid  he  would  come  prefently,  Sir — ^Mrs. 
Rofe  is  here.  Sir.  Exit  Nicholas. 

JSntfr  Mrs.  Rose. 

y.  Sn.  Well,  Mrs.  Homily,  whither  in  fuch  4t 
hurry? 


THE  DAUGHTER. 


^3 


Mrs.  R.  Oh,  lud,  Sir  !  here  is  every  thing  wanted 
It  the  fame  inft.int.  In  the  compting-houfe  they 
want  their  coffee  :  The  cook  wants  rice  and  currants  ; 
the  footman  wants  his  breakfaft,  and  Mifs  Jofcphine 
wants  honey  water  for  her  hair. 

F.  Sn,  Well,  and  I  want  to  fpe;ik  to  you.  I  ex- 
pc(ft  company  to  dinner. 

Mrs,  R.  Company  !  No,  I  hope  not. 

V.  Sn.  I  have  two  Burgomaflers  to  dine'  with  me, 
ajid — 

Mri..  R.  Oh,  Gemini  ■  I  mufl:  go  to  the  larder 
directly.  The  kitchen  is  not  prepared  for  two  Burge- 
on afters. 

V.  Stj.  {pettifdy)  What's  the  kitchen  to  me,  pro- 
vided there  be  plenty  on  the  table  ?  Next,  I  fuppofe 
I  muft  not  have  BuTgomal^ers  to  dine  'vnth  me  ? 

Mrs.  R.  Pretty  talking  !  It  would  be  a  fine  thing, 
mdeed,  if  one  could  blow  good  things  on  the  table, 
forfootli,  as  they  do  in  the  Rambling  Night's  Enter- 
tainments. That's  all  finful  witchcraft,  and  I  am 
aire  you  cannot  e^cpe^t  a  clergyman's  widovv",  as  I  am, 
to  meddle  with  any  fucli  devilifn  pra<51ices. 

V»  Sn.  No  ;  but  I  expect  my  hcufekeeper  to  pro- 
"vlde  me  a  good  . dinner. 

Mrs.  R.  Well,  well — I'll  go  to  the  larder,  and  fee 
what  there  is  for  you.  Yonder's  Mr.  Totum  with 
your  letters.  By  the  time  you  have  read  them,  I 
fhall  know  more  about  it.  [E^it  Mrs.  Rose„ 

ToTirM,  'ujith&ut. 

Three  bales  of  goods  to  Von  Cormack  &  Co.  right. 
F.  Sn.  Totum  1 

Tot.  [without)  Ready,  Mr.  Von  Snarl — Item,  nu- 
mero  four — rcargo  of  Spanifli  wares — right — poft  Don 
Candimorez — ^right — .place  four  hundred  marks  to  ac- 
count of  Louis  Vancaper  &  Co. — right — call  in—- 

V.  Sn.  Totum  1 

Tot,  (ivithout)  Ready,'Mr.  Von  Snarl — call  in  bills 
on  Carpo  &  Co.    No  time  to  note, 

2 


SIGHS  ;   OR  J 


Enter  Totum. 

Vix.  Von  Snarl,  your  very  obedient  fervant. 

V,  Sn.  Well,  Totum,  is  the  mail  arrived  ? 

Tot.  Received  letters  read  ^fpeak  contents, 

names,  fignatures — ^fay  if  right— no  time  to  note — 
{givef  a  parcel  of  letters  to  Von  Snarl.)  Imprimis — a 
letter  bearing  royal  fignet— parcel  annexed — [goes  to 
the  door  of  the  cotnpting-heufe. )  Clever  door  !  conveni- 
ent— hear  clerks  with  left  ear — letters  with,  right — 
credit  time  ( places  himfelf  hi  the  mid  nvay  of  the  door, 
fomethnes  ivatching  the  clerks  ^vithwy  and  fomefimes  at- 
tending Von  Snarl.) 

V,  Sn.  {^opening  the  parcel)  How  lon^  has  the  mail 
been  arrived  ? 

Tot.  (looking  hafiily  at  a  clock,  nvhich  is  feen  ivithin) 
Thirteen  minutes,  nine  feconds,  and  a  fradlion. 

V.  Sn.  Eh  !  the  deuce  !  a  letter  from  our  Prime 

Minifter  !  {reads)  "  greeting  whereas  it  appears 

from  the  report  of  our  Secretary  for  the  Naval  De- 
partment, that  you  have  procured  an  expeditious  de- 
livery of  the  article  required  of  5'ou  ;  We,  therefore, 
to  tefliify  our  good  will  towards  you,  fend  you  the  in- 
clofed  fnufF-box.  Your  afFedlionate  friend,  Richten- 
ftein." 

Tot.  (advances)  Congratulate — this  is  a  day — this 
is  an  hour — day  fourteen — month  April — -hour  ten  in 
forenoon — fifty-three  minutes,  feven  feconds  and  a 
iraftion.  Ha  !  {looks  at  the  box  nxihich  Von  Snarl 
holds  in  his  hand)  brilliants— I  underwrite. 

V.  Sn.  Doubtlefs. 

Tot.  Worth,  more  or  lefs,  twelve  hundred  and  nine- 
ty-nine dollars,  three  guldens,  eighteen  (livers,  one 
^root,  and  three  pfennings. 

V.  Sn.  I'll  value  it  at  two  thoufand  dollars. 

Tot.  Right — fecondly,  a  letter  from  correfpondent 
at  Amfterdam  {gives  a  fecond  letter ,  and  goes  again  to 
his  pojl  at  the  door  of  the  compting-hotfe.) 

V,  Sn.  Vander  Houfen  {opens  the  letter  and  reads) 
"  Sir,  this  is  to  inform  you,  that,  under  date  of  feven- 


THfi  DAUGHTER. 


teenth  ultimo,  we  have  fent  to  your  diredion  a  fon, 
viz.  Hans  William — hope  you  will  fafely  receive  the 
fame,  and  beg  you  will  confign  him  forthwith  to  your 
daughter.** 

Tot,  Not  arrived  as  per  advice — hope  they  book'd 
him. 

V,  Sn.  {reads)  "  Tho*  young  folks  are  of  late  much 
fallen  in  value,  we  can  aifure  you,  faid  Hans  William 
is  of  extra  good  quality,  and  will,  we  dare  fay,  give 
fatisfadion.  Remain,  errors  exceptedi  Sir,  your 
moft  faithful  fervant  and  friend  to  command,  Vander 
Houfen  &  Co.** 

Tt)t.  Congratulate — ha,  ha  !  you'll  have  a  wedding  f 
you  muft  give  a  ball- — 

V,  Sn.  I  will  give  a  dinner.' 

Tot,  A  fire-work  in  your  garden. 

V,  Sn,  With  all  my  heart. 

Tot,  Your  own  figure  all  in  a  blaze. 

F,  Sn.  Ah  I 

Tot,  Like  a  flying  mercury  {imitates  the  attitude  of 
a  mercury)  with  a  fnuff-box  in  your  handi 

Sfi.  Zounds  !  d*ye  confider  what  all  this  will  coft? 

Tot,  Total,  feventeen  dollars,  eight  guldens,  nine 
ftivers,  three  pfennings  and  a  fradion — ha  !  Oh,  it 
will  cut  a  dafh  !  we'll  go  halves. 

F.  Sn.  Halves  !  Totum  !  Why,  Totum,  you're  out 
of  your  fenfes,  Totum. 

Tot.    One  expence  ferve  for  two  v/eddings. 

V,  Sn.  Two  weddings  !  who  is  the  other  bride- 
groom ?  (Totum  dra'ws  himfelf  up  conceitedly)  What! 
yourfelf  ? 

Tot.  Received  this  morning — hour  nine  in  the  fore- 
noon, forty-three  minutes,  feventeen  feconds,  a  letter; 
note  the  contents — poor  dear  father  deceafed. 
(    V,  Sn.  Your  father  dead  ! 

Tot.  Died  twenty-fifth  inftant,  four  in  the  morning, 
fifty-nine  minutes,  and  three  feconds,  aged  feventy- 
eight  years,  four  months,  two  weeks,  five  days,  four- 
teen hours,  and  a  quarter — left  to  Tilman  Totum^ 
fole  heir,  eighty  thoufand  marks. 


SIGHS  ;  OK, 


V.  S.v.  Totum,  take  a  chair* 

ive,  in  the  hands  of  Van  Creeper  6c  Co^ 
one  thoufaiiti  bales  of  Panama  dowlas — 

V»  -S;/.  Dear  Totum,  pray  fit  down. 

Tot.  Six  cliefts  of  filver  plate  {fakes  a  chair) — 
twenty-four  cai;goes  of  Nankin  mufilns — 

V.  S;;.  Let  me  wipe  the  cufliion. 

Tot.  And  one  hundred  and  eighty  jars  of  fine  Smyr* 
r^a  oil — 

V.  S;/.  Mr.  Totum,  I  infift  on  yoirr  being  featcd. 

\Tot,  Befides  a  box  of  uncounted  livres,  ftivers, 
groots,  pfennings,  guilders,  fchellings,  florins,  dollars, 
ducats,  doublons,  milreas,  fequins,  and  dtiros,  all 
brand  new,  never  been  yet  in  circulation. 

V.  S/?.  Deareil  Mr.  Totum, .  do  me  the  favor  to 
fit  down,     {they  both  Jt.) 

Tot.  Father  deceafcd — enter  on  trade' — engage  capi- 
tal— enfure  on  my  own  lifk — build  wareho^=tf^ — ^fettle 
jorrefpondsnce — marry. 

V.  iiti.  And  Who  is  the  bnde  ? 

Tot.  Louifa  llofe — a  good  girl. 

V.       Good !  why,  you're  mad— <he  has  not  a  far- 


Tot.  A  pretty  face — 
F.  S;a  What  intereH:  v/ill  that  bring  ? 
Tot.  A  pair  of  white  hands — 
V.  Sn.  Which  can  earn  nothing. 
Tot.  Hm  I  a  pretty  little  foot — 
y.  Sn.  Poh,  poh — v/hy,  Totum,  you're  bewitch'd* 
Tot.  Totum,  you're  bewich'd — right.    The  devil 
draws  on  my  heart — muft  accept — flefh  weak — temp- 
tation ftrong — pretty  girl,  an  enchanting  angel — fola- 
tary  batchelor,  a  peer  devil — fo,  if  you  have  no  ob- 
jedlion — 

V.  Sn.  None  in  the  world,  dear  Totum,  (^^-?) 
I  fhall  get  rid  of  a  boarder,  v/hom  I  took  into  my 
houfe  to  pleafe  my  daughter.  But  have  you  fpoke 
to  the  girl  ? 

Tct.  Occafionally — time  fuiting. 

V.  .S';^.  Hov/  does  (he  feem  to  like  you  ? 


THE  DAUGHTER. 


Tot.  Little  rogue  !  loves  me — fecretly. 
V.  Sn.  Secretly  ! 

Tot.  Prove  it — pro  primo — whenever  flie  fees  me, 
laughs — fhews  file's  pleafed  :  Pro  fecundo,  when  Ihe 
hears  me  coming,  runs  away — fhews  fne  is  balhful  : 
Pro  tertio,  when  I  fpeak  to  her,  anfwers  at  random — 
fhews  her  mind  is  fo  engaged,  fhe  does  not  know 
what  fhe  fays  :  Proquarto,  always  jokes  about  my 
wig. 

V.  Sn.  That  fhews  plainly  fhe  is  in  love. 

Tot.  Only  one  little  article  ma^kes  me  uneafy.  That 
Polander  up  flairs — -I  perceive  certain  looks — here, 
there, — from,  to — feem  to  mean  fomething. 

V.  Sn.  I  can  make  you  eafy  on  that  head,  for  he 
fhall  not  (lay  in  my  hcufe.  Between  you  and  me,  Mr, 
Totum,  I  fufpect  the  Pole  to  be  a  fpy. 

Tot.  Hm  !  why  not  ? 

V.  Sfi.  I  fee  he  is  very  poor — and  who  can  tell  ?  It 
would  not  be  a  mifs  if  you  could  take  an  opportunity, 
when  he  is  gone  out,  of  juit— eh  ?  In  his  room,  eh  ? 

Tot.  Examine  his  papers,  boxes,  and  fo  forth — I 
anderftand  you — Juft  v.-hat  I  wifh'd — Shall  find  if 
there  is  any  tiling  going  on  between  him  and  Louifa  ; 
I'U  be  cn  the  watch.  At  what  hour  do  we  dine 
to-day  ?  Anfwer — three  o'clock — Burgomafters  never 
wait — Your  humble  fervant  to  command,  Tilman 
Totum — fole  heir  to  eighty  thoufand  marks,  fix 
chefts  of  filver  plate,  one  hundred  and  eighty  jars  of 
Smyrna  oil,  &c.  &c.  &c.  \_E-xit  Totum. 

V.  Sn.  This  will  be  a  rare  riddance  for  me — Where 
is  that  giddy  baggage,  my  daughter,  all  this  while  I 
Oh,  here  Ihe  comes  with  Lcuifa.  Come  hither ; 
Jofephine. 

Enter  Josephine  Louisa. 
^  I  have  fomething  to  tell  you — can  you  guefs  what 
it  is  ? 

Jof.  No,  but  I  am  a  dying  with  curiofity  to  know 
it.' 

V.  Sn.  Ah,  you're  a  woman. 

B  2 


i8 


SIGHS  'f  O^y 


Jof.  Yes,  unfortunately. 

V,  Sn,  And  you,  {to  Louisa)  I  fuppofc,  are  dy- 
ing too — vou  are  a  woman  too. 
Loui,  Yes,  Sir. 

V.  Sn.  Well,  there's  a  grand  dinner  to-day,  and 
the  grand  dinner  has  its  grand  reafons. 
Jof.  Muft  we  put  on  our  beft  gowns  \ 
V.  Sn.  If  you  like. 

'Jof.  That  is  according  as  the  reafons  are  worth 
them. 

V.  Sn.  Suppofe  it^s  a  bridegroom — 
Jof  (laughs)  Oh,  la  !  have  you  ordered  one  for 
me,  papa  ? 

V.  S?i.  Suppofe  I  have — 
Jof  What  !  from  China  ? 

V.  S?!.  Piha  !  he  comes  from  one  of  the  firfl  houfes 
in  Amflerdam. 

Jof  [ivith  affefled gravity)  Docs  he  cofl.  much  ? 

V.  Sn.  Your  hand. 

jcf  That's  very  dear. 

V.  Sn.  And  your  heart  into  the  bargain. 

Jof  That's  too  much. 

V.  S/i.  It's  little  enough  for  a  good  Imfband,  fo 
don't  plague  me  with  any  more  queftions. 

Jof  Yes,  there's  one  more  I  muft  afk.  What  is 
his  name  ? 

V.  ^n,  Hans  William. 

"Jof  Oh — then  I  won't  have  him. 

V.  S;/.  Why  fo  ? 

Jof.  I  have  no  objc6lion  to  William, — ^but  Kans — 
pofitively  Hans  mull:  not  come  near  me- 

V.  $71.  There,  there  1  that's  the  way — no  matter 
how  deferving  a  man  be — if  his  name  do  not  happen 
t.o  flrike  your  fancy,  he  is  to  be  laugh'd  at.  Take 
pattern  by  Loullii — Ihe  is  a  good  girl,  and  knows  how 
lo  behave  herfelf. 

Lout.  Jofephine  is  only  joking,  Sir. 

V.  S;a  Joking  1  zounds  !  every  body  is  to  make 
jokes  but  niyf:;lf.  I  have  found  a  hulband  too  for 
-Louifa. 


THE  DAUGHTER." 


Jof  From  Holland  too  ? 

V.       No — home  manufa(5lure. 

Jcf.  And  his  name  not  Hans  ? 

V.  S».  Hold  your  tongue,  and  think  of  making  up 
your  wedding  iuit. 

Jo(.  Oh — there  will  be  time  enough  for  that. 

V.  S«.  Suppofe  your  bridegroom  fhould  come  td 
day. 

Jof,  Suppofe  fome  accident  fhould  happen  to- 
morrow ? 

V.  S«.  What  accidents,  pray  ? 

Jof.  Suppofe  he  fhould  not  like  me,  and  fuppofe 
we  fKould  quarrel,  and  fuppofe  I  fhould  fcratch  his 
eyes  out  before  the  wedding  ? 

V.  S//.  Why,  then  you'll  have  the  comfort  of  mar- 
rying a  blind  man  ;  for,  to  tell  you  plainly,  the  affair 
is  concluded,  and  if  you  don't  take  him,  and  like  him 
too  when  he  is  come,  ne:ver  expedl:  to  have  a  farthing 
of  my  money  \  and  another  time  you  may  provide  for 
yourfelf.  (angrify.)  If  I  had  not  the  fweeteft  temper 
in  the  world,  thefe  filly  girls  would  contrive  to  put 
me  in  a  paflion.  f£x/V  Von  Snarl. 

yof.  But,  Louifa,  we  forgot  to  inquire  the  name  of 
your  hufband. 

LouL  Oh,  Dear  !  that  was  not  faid  in  earnefi:. 

^of.  It  will  prove  as  much  in  carneft,  I  fancy,  as 
mine.  Do  you  think  I'll  let  my  father  fend  me  to 
Holland,  like  a  ton  of  flax  ? 

Loui.  Ah,  Jofephine  !  you  are  very  happy  ; — for 
you  have  a  father — 

Jof  Will  you  change  fathers  with  me  ? 

Loui.  No — not  for  all  the  world.  My  father,  to 
be  fure,  v/on't  fee  me  ;  and  I  always  thought  that 
very  flrange  :  But,  in  every  thing  elfe,  he  is  fo  good 
to  me,  and  fo  kind  ! 

Jof.  But  not  very  wife,  I  think.  He  refufes  to 
fee  you,  and  does  not  know  that  he  fees  you  every 
hour.  Under  the  name  of  Mrs.  Rofe's  daughter  you 
have  won  his  affedion,  m  fpite  cf  his  prejudice  and 
abfurdities. 


SIGHS  ;  Of.y 


Lou'i.  If  I  was  but  Ture  of  that,  Jofephine  ! 

Jof.  I  am  fure  of  it — and,  what  is  better,  he  loves 
you  for  your  own  fake  :  The  parent's  vanity  has  no 
hand  in  it. 

Loiiu  Why  fliould  he  fliun  me  fo,  Jofephine  \  An*t 
I  his  child  ?  And,  indeed,  indeed,  I  never  did  any 
thing  willingly  to  offend  him.  Why  fhould  he  drive 
me  from  his  fight,  as  foon  as  I  was  born  ?  I  grew  up 
far  away  from  him,  and  he  forbids  me  now  to  come 
to  him,  that  I  may  take  his  hand,  and  prefs  it  to  my 
lips. 

Jof.  To  be  fure  it  is  droll  enough.  Father  and 
daughter  live  in  the  fame  houfe,  converfe  together, 
correfpond  together,  and  yet  are  ftrangers,  except  by 
letters,  which  are  fometimes  a  week  in  travelling  from 
one  to  the  other. 

Loui,  Yefterday  he  got  my  laft  letter.  When  I 
fat  down  to  it,  Jofephine,  my  heart  was  quite  full : — 
And  I  beg'dfo  hard  to  fee  him  ;  and  the  words  were, 
all^  fo  blotted,  he  muft  have  feen  that  I  cried  all  the 
while  I  was  writing  it.  I  fancied  in  the  evening 
he  looked  more  thoughtful  than  ever.  Perhaps  he 
may  be  brought  to  give  his  confent  to  fee  me  at  laft. 
Don't  you  think  he  may,  Jofephine  ? 

Jof.  If  I  were  to  tell  you  that  I  faw  him  wipe  a 
tear  away  with  his  hand — 

Loui.  Did  you,  indeed  ?  I  wifh  I  had  feen  it !  But 
it  would  not  hPcve  fignificd.  Ah,  Jofephine  !  His 
very  hard  when  a  child  is  not  allowed  to  kifs  off  a 
tear  from  the  cheek  of  her  father. 

E?iter  Mrs.  Rose,  nMith  a  letter. 

Mrs.  R.  Well,  child,  here  is  a  letter  for  you 
again — (Louisa  fnatches  the  letter  haftlly  from  her,  and 
prejds  it  to  her  lips.) 

Jof.  Would  not  one  think  it  was  from  her  fweet- 
heart  ?  Well,  I'll  leave  you  to  your  tranfports  ; — 
when  they  are  over,  I  fhall  expedl  you  ;  and  in  the 
mean  time  1*11  fettle  the  color  of  our  wedding  fuits. 

{_Exit  Josephine, 


Tttfe^  DAUGfTTER"; 


Louk  (rft^i/f)  "  My  dear  and  only  daughter  {Jhe 
kiffes  the  letter  agaifi)'  your  h(l  letter  has  dra^-n  tears 
from  my  eyes.  Your  wiih  to  fee  me  is  mine  alfo." 
Oh  !  then  I  lhali  be  fc  happy  !  "  Yet,  as  you  value 
my  life,  do  not  infill  on  your  -requeft.  I  have  with- 
held myfelf  eighteen  years  from  your  fight — I  dare 
rtot  yet  meet  it — never  again  inquire  the  reafon, 
(iveeps — tken  after  a  paufe  reads.)  You  muft  have 
occafion  for  money — yet  yoU.afk  for  none — I  there- 
fore enclofe  you  a  note — you  muft  want  for  nothing 
>— all  I  have  is  yours — I  received  it  all  from  your 
mother — Refemble  her  !  Adieu,  my  dear,  dear  child  ! 
Love  your  father,  v.'ho  has  no  other  joy  in  this  world 
than  you  !*' — Then  he  nsver  will  fee  me  !  what 
have  I  done  to  dcferve  this  !  (^vjeeps.) 

Mrs.  R.  Dear  child,  truft  to  Providence  !  We 
muft  none  of  us  dcfpair— things  may  change  for  the 
better  in  a  moment.  Oh  !  if  you  had  heard  my  huf- 
band's  difcourfe  about  poverty  and  want  !  Poor  dear 
Dr.  Olearius  ! 

LiKii.  Povcrxy  !  Oh,  that's  a  word  the  heart 
knov/s  nothing  about. 

Mrs.  R.  Becaufe  the  heart  knows  nothing  about 
hunger  and  thirll.  Want  is  a  very  bad  companion  ; 
and  you  may  thank  your  father  for  never  letting  you 
know  it.  See  how  much  tlie  note  is  for,  that  he  has 
fent  you. 

Loui,  It*s  for  much  more  than  I  want. 

Mrs.  R.  Well,  well,  if  you  don't  want  it  to-day, 
you  may  to-morrow — ^but  I  warrant  you'll  give  it 
away  before  to-morrow,  to  fome  poor  perfcn  or 
other  :  (Louisa  appears  fuddenly  thoughtful.)  Well-— 
v/hat  will  you  do  with  it  ? 

Loni.  Oh,  I  muft  not  tell  you.  What  I  intend  to 
do  would  be  of  no  value,  if  it  were  told — (looks  at 
the  note)  three  hundred  crowns  I  I  wifh  they  were 
three  thoufand  with  all  my  heart. 

Mrs.  R,  Oh,  you  extravagant  child  I  three  hun- 
dred crowns  !  you  won't  furely  give  that  fum  away ! 


SIGHS  ;  OR, 


Lout.  No — I'll  lay  it  out  at  intereft — I'll  be  an 
ufurer. 

Mrs.  R,  An  ufurer,  forfooth  I  Ah  !  child,  child  ! 
you  learn  to  cypher  and  call:  accounts,  to  be  fure  ; 
but  how  many  pence  there  are  in  a  dollar,  you'll 
never  learn  to  reckon  as  long  as  you  live. 

Mrs.  Rose. 

Lout.  That,  now  may  be  very  true  ; — and  fome- 
how  or  other,  I  always  thought  charity  much  eafier 
than  arithmetic.  I  know  Mr.  Von  Snarl  takes  a 
deal  of  pleafure  in  counting  up  his  dollars  ;  but  for 
my  part,  I  think  there  is  more  pleafure,  by  half,  in 
giving  money  to  the  diftreffed,  and  letting  them  count 
it  for  me. 

END  OF  THE  FIRST  ACT. 


ACT  11.   SCENE  I. 
jIn  apartment  in  Vo*i  SnarlV  houfe. 
Enter  Von  Snarl  and  Leopold. 

V.  Sw.  Nay,  brother)  it's  very  ftrange  you 
won't  let  me  tell  you  the  news. 

Leop.  I  have  no  relifh  for  news — Few  old  things 
of  the  world  are  worth  much,  and  the  new  ones  are 
worth  lefs. 

V.  S;/.  There,  now  you  are  out  of  temper — It's  a 
flrange  thing  a  man  cannot  be  always  eafy  and  hap« 
py  as  I  am.  I  w///  tell  you  for  all  that  ;  LouiiU 
Rofe  is. going  to  be  married. 

Leop.  Louifa  1 — ^to  whom  ? 

V.  S«.  Guefs. 

Leop.  I  cannot  rack  my  brain  with  conjedlure. 
V.  S«.  To  my  book-keeper,  Tilman  Totum. 
Leop.  (appears  furprtfed)  I  am  forry  for  it. 
V.  S;;.  His  father  has  juft  left  him  eighty  thoi?. 
fand  marks. 


THE  DAUGHTER. 


23 


Leop.  I  am  heartily  forry  for  it. 

v.  S«.  Why,  that's  droll.  I  think  it's  a  devilifii 
neat  thing — He  means  to  fet  up  in  trade  for  himfelf, 
and  he  thinks  Louifa  will  make  him  a  very  fuitable 
wife. 

Leop.  Fie,  fie  ! 

V.  S/?.  Brother  Leopold,  you  are  a  queer  fellow  : 
why  ftiould  Ihe  not  f 

Leop.  A  girl  like  an  angel,  and  a  fellow  like  a 
monkey. 

V.  ^n.  Yes — but  the  angel  is  as  poor  as  the  devil, 
and  the  monkey  is  as  rich  as  a  Jew. 

Leop^  She  may  ftarve  with  Totum,  in  fpite  of  his 
riches. 

V.  S«.  X'with  a  faeer)  Nay,  how  can  that  happen  ? 
Leop.  If  the  fool  does  not  know  that  money  is  not 
wealth. 

V.  S/?.  Money  not  wealth  ? — ^What  nonfenfe  you 
talk  ! — Pray  what  is  wealth  then  ? 

Leop.  The  free  and  liberal  ufe  we  make  of  it. 
Wealth,  brother,  is  like  a  fword,  placed  in  various 
hands.  Fools  are  laughed  at  for  their  ignorance  in 
ufmg  it  ;  knaves,  who  grafp  it,  hurt  their  neighbors 
w^ith  it ;  wife  and  benevolent  men,  alone,  know  how 
to  guard  themfelves  with  it,  while  they  prote<Sl  th 
weak,  who  want  their  affiftance. 

V.  Sn.  Well,  if  Louifa  ftarves,  it  fhall  not  be  my 
fault — I'll  fet  her  off  well  at  lead — I'll  give  her  a 
grand  wedding  dinner. 

Leop.  I  hope  you  mean  to  give  her  a  portion  like- 
wife. 

V.  S?;.  A  portion  !  d*ye  think  I  am  gone  out  of 
my  fenfes  ? 

Leop.  With  all  your  money  ! 

V.  Sn.  That  all  would  have  been  little  enough  by 
this  time,  if  I  were  as  romantic  as  you  are,  brother  : 
If  you  are  fo  fond  of  the  girl,  why  don't  you  give  lier 
a  portion  out  of  your  own  fortune  I 

Leop.  It  belongs  to  my  daughter. 


siChs  ;  OA, 


V.  S;;.  Ah — if  you  had  taken  as  good  care  of  your 
-  patrimony,  and  attended  to  the  golden  rule  of  multi- 
plication, as  I  have  done  

Leop,  I  have  attended  but  to  ene  golden  rule 
:  through  life,  brother. 

V.  ^n.  V/hat  may  that  be  ? 

t,eop.  Humanity. 

V.  S;/.  Lucky,  if  you  had  mix'd  a  little  prudence 
with  it  ;  then  you  would  have  been  always  eafy  and 
happy,,  as  I  am  ;  that  is,  if  you  were  as  fweet  tem- 

per'd  as  I  am  :  But  yoi^  had  not  you  happen'd 

to  meet  with  a  wife  

Ltop.  ( Interrupting  him)    Let  me  befeech,  you, 
brother,  no  mention  of  that  fiibjed  ! 
,  V.  S/V.  I  was  only  going  to  fay  that  lier  fortune 
IbelpM  you  up, 
Lcop.  Oh,  Emilia  \ 

V.  S/7.  Aye,  aye,  fhe  was  a  woman  of  the  right 
fort  :  She  had  plenty  of  jev/els  and  cafh,  I  wifh  Ihe 
"A'as  alive  again. 

JUop.  For  heaven's  fake,  -  brother  ! 

V.  S«.  I  am  only  faying  that  if  your  wife  was  Hill 
;>live  

i>c£>^.  Nay,  then,  you  compel  mc  to  leave  you. 
{€>:it  hajlily) 

V.  S.v.  There  he  goes  -again.  Was  ever  any  man 
lo  uncivily  treated  in  hk  own  houfe  as  I  am  1  a  filly 
iellow,  making  fuch  a  perpetual  whimpering  for  tlie 
lofs  of  one  v«fe  !  I  have  buried  three,  one  after  the 
other,  without  breaking  my  heart.  That's  the  differ- 
ence between  Leopold  and  me  ;  he  carries  his  remem- 
brance of  his  wife  about  in  his  mind,  and  I  carry 
mine  in  my  pockets.  \_Ey.it. 

■SCENE  IL    Jnothsr  ApaHjrimt, 

Enter  Totom  and  Mrs.  Rose. 

Mrs,  R,  Let  me  go,  Mr.  Totum  ;  I  have  no  time 
for  talking  :  My  mafter  has  two  Burgomafters  to 
dine  with  him  j  and,  thank  heaven  !  there's  plenty 


THE  DAUGHTER. 


2; 


for  them  !— A  firloin  of  beef,  roaft  fillet  of  veal,  feci- 
lop'd  oyftcrs,  coUar'd  eel,  anchovies,  and  a  furmenty 
pudding. 

Tot.  No  time  for  talking  !  forty-feven  words,  four 
articles,  and  five  ftops.  Liften!  do  you  knov^',  Mrs. 
Rofe, — .fweet  Mrs.  Rofe, — ^that  to  day  is  a  day — a  day 
— a — I  cannot  tell  you  what  a  day  it  is  

Mrs.  R,  Well,  and  if  it  be  a  day,  I  warrant  I  can 
provide  for  it — 

Tot.  Brief  reply — credit  words. 

Mrs.  R,  I  always  add  a  difh  for  every  frefh  gueft, 
and  for  every  bit  of  good  news. 

Tot.  Good  news — right.  Attend,  note  contents — 
Imprimis,  Mr.  Von  Snarl  has  received  "a  fnaff-box  from 
the  Minifter — 

Airs.  R.  VvTiat — the  Minifter  of  the  Parifn  ?  

Tot.  Poh  !  pftia  !  No,  no,  Prime  Minifter — Head- 
Clerk  to  the  King. 

Mrs.  R.  From  his  Majefty's  Minifter  !  Oh  !  then  I 
muft  provide  a  dilh  of  Plaice. 

Tot.  In  fecundo,  Mifs  Jofephine's  bridegroom  is  on 
the  road. 

Mrs.  R.  The  bridegroom  !  I  muft  l]ave  pigeons 
and  a  cake. 

Tot.  And,  thirdly — Mrs.  Rofe — fweet  Mrs.  Rofe — 
you  may  take  into  account  a  fecond  wedding. 

Mrs.  R.  A  fecond  wedding  ?  

7*!?^.  Yes,  note  a  ditto. 

Mrs.  R.  Ohy  then  I  muft  order  a  goofe  for  the 
fecond  courfe — mercy  on  me  !  there  will  be  hardly 
time. 

Tot.  Dine  at  three — time  in  hand  five  hours  twen- 
ty-feven  minutes — no  fear  of  deficit-^Enter  items — 
— provide  plaice,  pluck  pigeons,  gut  goofe,  one  hour, 
fifteen  minutes ;  drefs,  ftew,  and  roaft  ditto,  two  hours, 
one  half  quarter,  and  three  feconds.  Balance,  two 
hours,  four  minutes,  twenty-feven  feconds,  and  a  frac- 
tion ;  poft  credit  fide  ;  therefore  liften,  Mrs.  Rofe — - 
fweet  Mrs.  Rofe,  Hften. 

Mrs.  R.  I  tell  you,  Mr.  Totum,  fmce  there  is  to  be. 
a  fecond  wedding  


26 


SIGHS  ;  OR, 


Tot.  The  fecond  weddmg,  Mrs.  Rofc,  depends  on 
you. 

Mrs.  R.  The  fecond  courfe  does,  Mr.  Totum  :  fo 
rilgive  another  look  into  the  hrder—fgohig) 

Tot.  Liften,  Mrs.  Rofe— fweet  Mrs.  Rofe,  liften— I 
have  placed  a  large  fum  in  your  hands — — 

Mrs.  R.  In  mine  !  

Tot.  The  fum  of  my  happinefs :  I  muft  difclofe  to 
you  the  ftate  of  my  books — ray  father  being  deceafed. 
Mrs,  R.  Poor  man  ! 

Tot.  Died  fourteenth  of  laft;  month,  at  fifty-nine 
minutes,  three  feconds,  after  fcur  in  the  morning  ; 
aged  fevcnty-eight  years,  four  months',  two  weeks, 
tiiree  days,  fourteen  hours,  twelve  minutes  and  a  quar- 
ter, ha  ! 

M/'s.  R.  Bating  the  odd  hours,  minutes,  and  quar- 
ter, jufi:  the  very  age  of  my  late  Imfband,  poor  dear 
Dr.  Olearius. 

Tot.  Left  Tilman  Totum,  fole  heir,  eighty  thoufand 
marks. 

Mrs.  R.  Indeed  !  I  am  truly  happy  to  hear  it — 
Nov/  I've  juft  thought  that  we  have  got  in  the  larder — 

Tot.  Piha  !  clofe  the  larder,  open  your  ears  and 

liften — I  fay,  Mrs.  Rofe — fweet  Mrs.  Rofe,  liften.  

Having  now  ftock  in  trade,  I  mean  to  open  an  account 
of  matrimony. 

3Irs.  R.  (bridljpgandfaiHing)  Matrimony  ? 

Tot.  Yes  ;  open  a  new  firm,  raife  a  new  head. 

Mrs.  R.  Was  that  the  fubjedt  you  wanted  to  fpeak 
on  ?  Ohr  Mr.  Totum,  you  do  me  too  much  honor. 

Tot.  I  do  you  no  honor  at  all  ;  I  only  want  yori  to 
liilen,  Mrs.  Rofe  ;  fweet  Mrs.  Rofe,  liften  ;  I  fear, 
above  all  things,  to  caft  up  wrong  ;  that,  you  know,  to 
a  man  in  bufmefs — fay  no  more— hate  a  blot — there- 
fore, without  your  confent,  reckon  nought. 

Mrs.  R.  Dear  Mr.  Totum — to  be  fure — ^but  you 
know  the  world  is  rather  ill-natured  :  there  are  fomc 
circumftances,  that  fhould  be  taken  into  confideration. 

Tct.  Allow  dedu(5lions— ft  ate  faiily  what  head;? 

Mrs.  R.  Firft— 

!r4i*.  Imprimis — 


rwE  DAUGHTER. 


2-7 


Mrs.  R.  Difference  of  age. 

Tot.  Repairs  payable  by  the  owner  ;  according  to 
Beft  of  knov.'ledge  and  belief,  difference  not  great. 

Mrs.  R.  True,  when  one  has  met  with  hardfhips, 
one  looks  older  than  one  really  is.  But,  dear  Mr. 
Totum,  marriage  is  a  ferious  ftep  ;  when  I  loft  poor 
dear  Dr.  Olearius— Heaven  grant  him  reft  !  1  made 
a  vow  never  to  marry  again. 

Tot.  Well,  well,  I  dont  care  for  your  vow- ;  that  is 
an  account  balanced — credit  by  lofs — but,  fweet  Mrs. 
Rofe,  my' new  head  is  yjbt  a  blank  ;  fuffer  me  

Mrs.  R.  Ah  !  dear  Mr.  Totum,  we  are  poor  peo- 
ple, who  have  many  wants  to  be  fupphed. 

Tot.  You  allow  the  demand  then  ?  Note  confent  ? 
■  Mrs.  R.   ('With    affeaed  fatisfaami)  Deareft  Mr. 
Totum,  you  may  command  me. 

Tot.  (adjtiflhig  himfelf)  Your  daughter,  I  -con- 
clude  

Mrs.  R.  My  daughter  ! 

T ?t.  Yes,  Mrs.  Totum,  that  will  be— Happy,  happy 
pair  r 

None  but  the  rich  deferve  the  fair. 

Mrs.  R.  Miftrefs  Totum  !  Oh!  ycu  v/ant  to  marry 
my  daughter  Louifa,  do  you  ? 

T ot.  Whom  elfe,  the  dickens  !  d*ye  think  I  want  to 
marry  ? 

Mrs.  R.  Oh,  oh  !  Aye,  aye  !  Well,  that  is  nothing 
to  me  ;  you  muft  fpeak  to  Louifa  herfelf  about  that. 

Tot.  Exprefs.  But  if  I  may  debit  my  head  with 
the  daughter,  and  credit  by  the  mother's  confent,  that 
will  be  a  pretty  clear  account. 

Mrs.  R.  A  mother  !  Oh  !  to  be  fure — well,  I  have 
a  deal  to  fay  on  that  fubjedt  ;  but  I  am  in  hafte  now — 
Well,  Mr.  Totum,  fpeak  to  Louifa  yourfelf  ;  you  have 
my  confent,  if  you  can  gain  Louifa's,  f  afide )  which  I 
am  fure  you  never  will. 

Tot.  Enough  !  you  endorfe  the  bill  ;  Ihe  will  anfwer 
it  ;  therefore  I  remain,  errors  excepted,  your  obedient, 
faithful  fervant,  fhortly  fon-in-law,  Tilman  Totum, 
fole  heir  to  eighty  thoufand  m.arks,  fix  chefts  of 


.8 


SIGHS  ;  OR, 


filver  plate,  one  box  of  uncounted  ilvres,  ftivers, 
&c.  &c.  ^  lExit  ToTUM. 

Mrs,  R.  Dear  heart !  What  will  Mr.  Leopold  fay 
to  this  ?  Well,  well,  as  Heaven  pleafes  :  Mr.  Totum  is 
a  pretty  man,  and  a  good  man  ;  he  never  fails  at  a  fer-- 
fiion,  and  it  is  quits  edifying  to  hear  him  chant. 

lUxit  Mrs.  Rose, 

SCENE  HI. 

A?!  Apartment  in  Von  Snarl's  Honfe. 

Lovi^A  Jitting  at  h&r  Wcrkf  finLEn  wiVifi  ti  nin'i! 

A  to 


HA^D  C 

^-mid-nil 
)unc 


MBF.RLAND,  Efn. 
It  hour, 


he  laying  dorjn,  i  s 

taking  leave  if  Louisa 

\LGui.  Thank  ye,  Ellen  ;  but  did  not        tell  m 
'.hai^Mr.  Leopold  heard  you  fmging  or^ 
EU^n.  Yes,  I  did  fo. 

LoiiL  And  defired  you  to  fmg  the  iong  again  ? 
E/ien. \Yqs  ;  twice. 

Lcui.  Ti^n  pray  let  me  hear /^j/fong  before  yoi 
0.    I  am  mi'e  1  fhall  like  it,  if  lie  di^ 
Ellen,  'Tis  bee  of  our  village  balHds. 

\  AIJl*. 

"Written  by  Rt^ 

'Twas  in  the  folem 
vVhen  all  was  dark 

When  planets  flrike,        fpeUs  have  pow'r, 
I        And  mandrakes  cleav&<tKe  ground  : 
^        I  heard  a  voi^e  as  {aom  tnS>^rab, 
The  bell  then tfjeayfig  on€  ; 
"  Adieu,"  it  cri^  "  I  meet  my  cH^ra, 
"  My  life's  lal^nd  is  run."  ^ 

'Twas  Willi's  voice,  'twas  William^form, 
"Wet  fronynis  wat'ry  grave  ;  \ 

I  finkyrhe  cried,  "  amid  the  ftorm, 
*' I  fleeip  beneath  the  wave  :" 
Starting  I  rife,  and  fnatch  my  gown, 
Aiyfhaften  to  the  fhore  ; 
I  ftc  the  gallant  fiiip  go  down, — 
ut  fee  my  love  no  more,  "^v.^ 

lExiTt 

(After  the  Air ^  Louisa  remains  fenfive.') 
iThe  Muilc  of  this  Air^io  defervedlv  ajij^^j^'-'^-d.  was  compofed 


THE  DAUGHTER, 


29 


Enter  Josephine  and  Adelbert. 
yof.  Pray  walk  in,  Mr.  Adelbert  ;  there  is  no  one 
here   who  will  not  be  glad  to  fee  you — is  there, 
Louifa  ? 

(Louisa  appears  e??iharraj'edy  and  rifes  from  ker  chair) 

uidel.  (to  Josephine)  Your  friend's  generous  heart 
is  ever  ready  to  welcome  the  unfortunate. 

Jof.  Make  a  curtfy,  Louifa.  Mr.  Adelbert  is  come 
to  dine  with  us. 

J  del.  By  your  father's  invitation. 

Jof.  That  was  very  well  done.  You  fhall  fit  by  one 
of  us.  Now,  the  queftion  is,  whether  you  m.ean  to  eat 
much  or  little,  or  to  talk  much  or  little  ? 

Jdel.  Why  fo  ? 

Jof.  I'll  tell  you.  If  you  have  a  mind  to  eat  very 
little,  and  not  to  fpeak  at  all,  you  fhall  fit  by  Louifa. 

u^del.  I  proteft,  I  am  at  a  lofs  to  underfland  you. 

Loui.  Dear  !  She  doefn't  knew  what  fhe  means  her- 
felf. 

Jcf,  But  indeed  Jhe  does  know  what  fhe  means. 
Have  not  I  feen  him  fit  by  you  for  hours  together, 
without  opening  his  lips  ? 

Loui.  Nay,  now  I'm  fure  you  are  miftaken  ;  Mr. 
Adelbert  has  always  entertained  me  exceedingly. 

Jof.  Oh  !  1  never  doubted  that, 

Enter  Totvm,  more  fprucely  drejfed  than  before,  and  Mrs. 
Rose. 

(Josephine,  Louisa,  and  Adelbert,  converfe  in 
dumb  f>eiv  ;  Totum  appears  to  be  ivhifperifjg  to 
Mrs.  Rose) 

Tot.  (in  a  lon.0  voice )  Have  you  dropt  a  word  for 
me  ? 

Mrs.  R.  Speak  to  the  girl  yourfelf,  I  tell  you,  Mr. 
Totum. 

T ot.  There's  that  curfed  tall  Pole  !  When  he  is 
gone — 

Mrs.  R.  He  dines  here. 
Tot.  Dine?  !  choke  him. 
Mrs*  R.  Heaven  forbid  ! 


STCHS  ;  OR, 


J  of.  (advances  to  Totum)  Mr.  Totum  !  I  proteft 
you  have  put  on  a  new  wig  to  day. 

Tot.  Yes  ;  Pve  ralfed  a  new  head.    D*ye  like  it  ?— - 

Put  it  on  in  hade — fpirits  in  great  fluctuation  high, 

low — up,  down — from  fifty  to  feventy. 

Loui.  Ha,  ha  !  Why  really— 

Tc?/.  Don't  laugh  ;  a  laugh  fmks  me.  This  day, 
Mifs  Jofephine,  is  the  mod  awful  day  of  my  life  ;  I  am 
going  to  file  off  bachelor's  account,  and  begin  a  new 
head  in  the  ledger  of  matrimony. 

Jof.  Then  you  are  going  to  be  married  ? 

Tot.  Going  to  be  m.arried— right.  Oh,  my  Louifa^ 
if  I  may  fpeak  the  wiihes  of  my  heart  ! 

Jof  What,  have  ycu  got  a  heart  ? 

Tot.  Only  by  debit — wants  credit  by  ditto  ;  I  come 
to  afk  Mifs  Louifa,  whether  fhe  will  run  the  rifk  of 
partnerfhip  with  me  in  a  new  branch  of  trade  ? 

Jof,  Why,  Louifa  knows  nothing  of  book-keep- 
ing. 

Tot.  I  beg  you'll  not  interrupt  me,  Mifs,  while  I 
am  fumming  up  my  articles.  Speak,  Mifs  Louifa^ 
without  lofs  of  time,  may  I  flatter  myfelf — 

Lout.  With  what,  Mr.  Totum  ? 

Tot.  Transfer — heart  and  hand — hand  and  heart — 
pleafe  to  accept  a  barter. 

'Jof.  Why,  I  really  begin  to  think  you  want  to 
marry  Louifa 

Add.  faJdeJ  Hc^LVcns  I 

(Josephine  afid  Louisa  laugh) 

Tot.  What  means  this  pretty  fmile  on  my  Louifa's 
cheek  ? 

Jof.  Pure  joy. 

Tot.  Pure  joy  \  right.  A  laugh— briefs-credit 
words,    [to  Louisa)  Note  confent. 

Loid.  Indeed,  Mr.  Totum,  you  are  very  good  ;  but 
I  am  not  my  own  miflrefs,  you  know. 

Toi.  Oh  !  I  have  got  your  mother's  confent  ported 
already. 

Loui.  Yes  ;  but  my  mother  knows,  that — 
jfof.  (malicioujly  to  A-D'E-L-&Y.Kr)  She  is  already  prom- 
ifed.  (Adelbert  appears  alarmed)  ^ 


THE  ©AUGHTIR. 


Lout.  Indeed  Mr.  Totum,  I  can  never  be  your 
wife. 

Tot.  Never  !  Error  m  addition.    Why  ? 

^of.  Hold,  Sir  !  Girls  muft  never  be  alked  ivBy. 

Tot.  Account  ftands  open,  (looking  a/kance  at 
Adelbert)  To  be  fure,  I  am  not  the  youngeft  in  the 
room,  but  neither  am  I  the  pooreft  ;  I  fancy  eighty 
thoufand  marks.  Oh  !  here  comes  Mr.  Leopold  ;  he 
will  fum  up  better  for  me — 

Enter  Leopold. 

Your  fervant,  Sir  ;  pleafe  to  check  accoimt  between 
tliefe  ladles  and  me, 

Leop.  What  is  the  matter  ? 

Tot.  The  matter,  Sir,  is  that — 

Jof.  Mr.  Totum  wifhes  to  marry — 

T'ot.  Hufh,  Mifs,  do  not  interrupt  me  while  I  am 
drawing  up  my  articles.  The  matter,  Sir,  is  that, 
whereas — 

Jof.  What,  is  it  a  bankruptcy  in  the  Gazette  ? 

Tot.  Whereas,  Sir,  it  has  jsleafed  Providence  to 
clofe  my  father's  account,  and  to  make  me  fole  heir  to 
eighty  thoufand  marks,  I  intend  inftantly,  and  without 
lofs  of  time,  to  open  account  per  matrimony— to  take 
a  wife. 

Leop.  Right. 

Jof.  His  choice  is  fixed  on  Louifa. 

Leop.  Right. 

Tot.    But  Mifs  Louifa— 

Jof.  Won't  have  him. 

Tot.  Don't  interrupt  my  articles,  Mifs  Jofephine. 
Mifs  Louifa,  Sir,  draws  balance  by  refufal — won't 
flrike  a  barter— but  rather  choofes  to  ftrike  me  clear 
out  of  her  books. 

Leop.  Very  right. 

Tot.  Right  !  no,  I  fay  flie  is  wrong  ;  her  mother's 
confent  ftands  to  credit — (Leopold  Jlartsy  and  is  affeO- 
ed) — Mrs.  Rofe  here — 

Mrs.  R.  To  be  fure.    Fortune  leads  to  comfort. 

Leop.  (recollecting  himfelf)  Very  true. 

Jof.  But  love,  not  fortune,  fhould  lead  to  the  altar* 


52 


SIGHS  ;  OR, 


Leop»  Very  true,  likewife. 

7ot,  So  we  are  all  in  the  right  then  ? 

Leap.  AIL 

Tot,  And  I  get  no  wife. 
Jof  Take  me. 

Enter  Von  Snarl. 

V,  Sn.  Come,  come  along,  girls  :  come,  gentlemen, 
the  dinner  is  going  in.  Come.  Mr.  Totum,  you  mufl: 
dine  with  us  to-day.  Totum  and  I  are  partners  to-day 
in  good  fortune.  Here,  girls,  I  have  not  fhewn  you 
the  handfome  fnuff-box  I  have  received  from  the  min- 
ifter.  Look  at  it,  brother  :  Totum  fays  it  is  worth 
two  thoufand  dollars,  f  Gives  the  fnuff-kox  to  Leopold, 
fwho  looks  at  it  nuith  indifference.) 

Leop.  I  wifh  you  joy. 

'Jof,  Dear  Uncle,  let  me  look  at  it.  (Leopold-^/W/ 
the  box  to  Josephine,  ivkom  it  is  handed  to  others,  till 
it  comes  round  again  to  Von  Snarl,  'who  during  the  enfa- 
ing  dialogue,  puts  it  in  his  pocket  without  attending  to  it.) 

V.  Sn.  Totum  !  why,  how  now  ?  You  look  as  fad 
as  if  your  father  was  come  to  life  again.  What's  the 
matter  with  you. 

Jof.  Cannot  you  guefs,  Papa  ? 

V.  Sn.  What,  has  Louifa  refufed  him  ?  (Totum 
fhrugs  his  Jhoulders.)  I  fuppofed  as  much.  Methinks 
a  girl  that  has  nothing  but  a  fmooth  face  to  recommend 
her,  and  her  feet  under  a  ftrange  table,  might  give  her- 
felf  fewer  airs.  If  I  had  not  tlie  fweeteft  temper  in  the 
world — 

Leop.  You  would  on  fuch  an  occafion  remind  her  of 
her  dependence  on  you.    Fie,  brother  !  for  fname  ! 

V.  Sn.  What,  Louifa  behaves  like  a  fool,  and  I  am 
to  be  aOiamed  !  Mr.  Totum,  I'd  have  you  know,  broth- 
er, with  eighty  thoufand  marks  in  his  bureau,  has  only 
to  hold  out  his  hand,  and  on  every  finger  hangs  a 
bride. 

Jof.  Aye,  fuch  brides.  Papa,  as  deferve  hanging. 

V.  Sn.  Well,  a  good  dinner  wriil  put  a  filly  girl  out 
of  his  head.  Come  along,  children  \  where  is  my 
fnuff-box  I 


THE  DAUGJITER, 


33 


Leop.  I  gave  it  to  Jofephine. 

Jof.  And  I  handed  it  round  to  the  company. 

jLguz.  And  I. 

MeL  and  T ot.  And  I. 

Sn,  But  nobody  handed  it  to  me  again,  (feds 
in  all  his  pockets.) 

Jof.  No  matter,  now  ;  Mrs.  Rofe,  I  fee,  is  grown 
impatient.    The  box  will  be  found  again,  I  dare  fay. 

V,  Sn.  It  7?mji  be  found  again. 

Leop.  Well,  after  dinner.  Come,  your  guefts  are 
waiting. 

Mrs.  R.  x^nd  the  foup  will  be  ftone  cold. 

V,  Sn.  Soup  be  d — d  \  If  all  the  foup  in  the  town 
fhonld  freeze,  1  won't  llir,  I  tell  you.  I  have  never 
had  my  box  again  ;  here — here  are  my  pockets  ;  here 
is  nothing,  and  here  is  nothing,  {turns  out  both  hir 
pockets. ) 

Tot.  Here  are  mine,  to  command,  (turns  his  pockets 
$ut  J  they  contain  only  a  letter,  njohich  he  opens  and  reads) 

**  Sir,  this  brings  advice  that  your  father  departed 
this  life  yeiierday,  the  twenty-fifth  inllant,  at  four  A. 
M.  fifty-nine  minutes,  three  feconds,'*  &c.  &c. 

V.  Sn.  (turns  to  Adelbert)  Now,  Sir,  it's  your 
turn. 

jidel.  (appearing  dijiurhed  at  the  propofal)  Sir  I 

F.  Sn.  I  fuppofe,  you'll  confent  to  what  all  the 
company  muft  agree  upon — only  for  form's  fake,  you 
know  (going  to  hi7ti) 

Adsl.  Stand  efr  !  You  cannot  be  in  eameft. 

V.  Sn.  Joke  or  earneft,  as  you  like.  Gentlemen  do 
not  carry  fmuggled  goods,  I  fuppofe,  in  their  pockets, 

Adel.  ( nettled)  If  that  is  meant  as  a  joke.  Sir,  it  is> 
without  under-rating  it,  a  very  clumfy  one  ;  but,  if 
you  are  in  earneft,  I  muft  inform  you,  that  both  my 
birth  and  character  place  me  fo  far  beyond  this  low  fuf- 
picion,  that  I  will  fooner  die  than  confent  to  give  you 
the  grofs  proof  you  require  of  your  abfurdity.  I  ut- 
terly defpife  the  meannefs  of  your  conduct  ;  and  leave 
you,  left,  by  perfifting  in  it,  you  fhould  roufe  me  to 
convert  the  contempt  \  feel  for  you>  into  chaftifement. 


34 


SIGHS  ;  OR, 


V.  Sn.  The  devil  !  we  muft  not  let  him  go — ffoi' 
foivhig  him. ) 

Leop.  Hold  !  do  you  know  what  it  is  to  charge  a 
gentleman  thus,  brother  ? 

V.  Sn.  What  do  I  care  for  a  gentleman,  when  he 
hops  o£F with  my  fnufF-box  ? 

Loit'i.  (nvith  nvarmth)  He  has  not  got  it — it  is  im- 
poffible — - 

Leop.  [obferving  Louisa)  Ha  !  Louifa  the  defender 
of  Adelbert  ! 

Lout,  Mr.  Adelbert,  I  am  fure,  knows  nothing  of  iti; 
You  may  fee  that  plain  enough  in  his  face. 

V.  Sn.  His  face  !  why,  zounds  !  you  don't  expedl 
to  fee  the  fnufF-box  in  his  forehead,  do  you  ?  What  do 
you  fay,  Totum  ? 

Tot.  Set  down  circumftances — call  up  fairly— -fum 
total — the  Pole  muft  have  the  box — 

P^,  Sn.  Aye,  that  he  has — but  come — ^let  us  go  to 
dinner  ;  he  is  not  out  of  the  town  :  Plague  on  him,  he 
has  fpoiit  my  ftomach  for  to-day,  T  fhall  not  be  able 
to  touch  a  morfel  for  vexation — Come — oh  I  plague 
on  that  Pole  ! 

Leop.  We  follow  you^  brother, 
\_EMunt  V.  Snarl,     Mrs.  Rose,    Leopold,  and 

ToTUM.] 

jfof.  Louifa,  what  fay  you  to  this  ?  Is  Mr.  Adelbert — 

Loiii.  Guilty  of  a  bafenefs  ?  Ha  !  Oh,  Jofephine  I 
my  heart  is  ready  to  burft.  (^O'i"^) 

Jof.  Why  you  feem  very  much  interefted  about 
Mr.  Adelbert,  Louifa  ? 

LouL  Who,  I  ?- — dear,  no  I — it's  only  bccaufe — * 
becaufe  

J  of.  Becaufe  you  can't  bear  to  fee  innocence  fuf- 
pedled. 

Loui.  Yes,  that's  what  I  was  juft  going  to  fay— 
that's  it  exadly. 

J  of.  Oh,  nothing  elfe  to  be  fure.  (arckfy) 
Loui.  No,  indeed,  it  was  nothing  eHe.    Nothing  but 
— Heigho  ! — come,  Jofephine,  we  muft  follow  the 
company^    Come.  {Hurries  off  <with  Josephine^ 


END  OF  THE  SECOND  ACT. 


THE  DAUGHTER. 


ACT  III.    SCENE  I. 
Jn  AparUiient  in  Von  Snarl's  Hou/e. 

Leopold  holding  A-d'elb^kt  hy  the  hand,  and  p ulling 
him  forivard  into  the  room. 

Leop,  Nay,  nay — ^yet  come  in  ;  this  is  a  liberty 
I  do  not  frequently  take.  I  love  the  world  too  little  to 
force  myfelf  upon  it  ;  but  when  a  wrong  is  offered  to 
an  innocent  perfon,  a  very  hermit  may  find  caufe  to 
leave  his  ceil. 

Jldcl.  I  refped:  the  juflice  of  your  fentiment^,  but  I 
•ought  never  to  be  feen  again  in  this  houfe. 

Leop.  My  brother  has  been  in  the  wrong — the  box 
is  found — 

Mel.  Probably. 

Leop.  The  lining  of  his  pocket  was  unfewed,  and  the 
hox  flipM  thro'  it — 

Adel.  And  from  fuch  a  trifle  a  man's  honor  is  to  be 
called  in  queftion  ! 

Leop.  My  brother  is  afhamed  of  his  behaviour — he 
will  beg  your  pardon. 

jidel.  I  do  not  feek  to  witnefs  the  humiliation  of 

another." 

**  Leop."  He  has  been  lharply  reproved  by  all  of  us 
— particularly  by  Louifa — (obferving  Adelbert  '^jjith 
attention.^ 

Adel.  (exprejjes  furprife — paufej — )  By  Louifa  ! — 
Let  all  be  forgotten — 

Leop.  The  commiflion  of  my  vifit  then  is  at  an  end. 
I  could  wifh  to  prolong  it  on  my  o^^m  account.  Your 
manner  has  interefted  me — will  you  anfwer  me,  as  a 
man,  what  I  (hall  afk  you  ? 

Adel,  As  a  man  ? 

Leop.  Yes,  for  I  would  make  my  inquiry  as  a  man  ; 
who,  tliough  he  Ihut  himfelf  from  the  buftle  of  the 
world,  as  I  do,  fhould  never  lock  up  the  kindly  impul- 
{bs  of  his  heart  towai  ds  a  fellow  creat^i"^- 


SIGHS  ;  OR} 


Adel,  I  will  anfvver  you— - 

Lecp.  Your  refentment  of  my  brother*s  propofition 
^vvas  natural  :  but  before  you  avow'd  that  refentment, 
I  fancied  that  I  rcmark'd  a  certain  embarraffment  in 
your  manner,  which  appeared  to  proceed  from  fome 
other  caufe  than  indignation.  What  was  that  caufc  ? 

Adeh    Falfe  lhame. 

Leap,  In  what  could  that  confift  ? 

AdeU  I  am  poor — very  poor — 

Leop,  Poverty  is  no  dilhonor. 

AdeL  Certainly  none  to  me.  To  Poland,  to  my 
ftruggling  country,  I  facrificed  my  wealth  as  I  would 
have  facrificed  my  life,  if  fhe  had  required  it.  My 
country  is  no  more,  and  we  are  wanderers  on  a  bur- 
thened  earth,  finding  no  refuge  but  in  the  hearts  of  the 
humane  and  virtuous. 

Leop,  But  you  are  young,  and  induftry  might — 

Adel,  That  has  ever  been  my  friend.  The  little  tal- 
ents, with  which  the  afRuencc  of  my  parents  crown'd 
my  education,  have  preferved  me  from  the  extreme  of 
indigence.  The  fpirit  of  Poland  has  fupplied  the  reft. 
{With  ivannth,) 

Leop.  Your  gains  then  are  probably  fmall  ? 

Adel,  When  beneath  their  lofty,  gilded  roofs,  the 
wealthy  riot  at  their  banquet,  I  take  my  folitary  walk 
into  the  fields,  and  under  heaven*s  canopy  I  make  my 
repaft.  Such  was  my  intention  to-day,  before  your 
brother  unexpededly  invited  me  to  his  table. 

Leop,  Go  on. 

AdeL  You  know  what  pafs'd.  Had  I  fubmitted  to 
the  fearch  propofed,  my  fcanty  meal  muft  have  been 
difcovered. 

Leop.  {exprejjing  great  furprife  and  er,iotion)^X omv.^ 
man,  we  muft  be  better  acquainted.  Yet  that  cannot, 
be  without  more  confidence  on  your  part. 
Adel,  1  am  a  ftranger— an  unknown  exile— 
Leop.  Who  yet  chofe  rather  to  bear  the  harfii  fufpi- 
clon  which  wrongM  you,  than  fubmit  to  that  pityi 
which,  however  painful  to  you,  would  have  exulted  in 
your  relief. 

Adel.  Perhaps  I  afted  from  prejudice—but  let  me 
r.onfefs  my  pride.     Had  one  contcrnptuous  glance 


THE  DAUGHTER. 


fallen  on  the  hilmble  pittance  which  I  bore  about  me  . 
— had  any  one  but  fmiled — 

Leop,    Had  any  one  dared  to  fmile,  I — I  would 
have  refented  it. 

■  Adel.  You  are  v/arm,  Sir  ! 

Leop.  My  heart  is  fo.  Young  man,  fince  your  refi- 
dence  at  my  brother's,  I  have  marked  you,  and  am 
perfuaded  of  your  worth — and,  if  you  will  accept  of  a 
fmall  boon  from  me — it  will  come  from  the  hand  of  a 
friend — ^do  not  rejed  it, 

Adel.  When  I  lhall  be  unable  to  earn  even  the  mor- 
fcl  which  I  conceai'd  to-day,  I  will  come  to  you.  ~' 

Leop,  Give  me  your  hand.  [They.  Jhake  hands) 
Another  time  v/e  will — (looks  round  in eat  agitation^) 
Yonder  coriies  Louifa — let  me  fee  you  again.  At 
another  time,  if  the  recital  be  not  painful  to  you,  I 
will  requeft  your  confidence  ;  and  fhould  it  open  afrefli 
the  wounds  of  your  bofom,  be  perfuaded  that  ycu  v/ill 
meet  a  friend,  who  will  ftrive  to  heal  them — one,  prac- 
tifed  in  forrow — one,  whofe  delight  it  would  be  to 
pour  cut  the  balm  of  comfort,  and  confer  a  happinefs 
which  he  cannot  hope  himfelf  to  tafte.  [^Exit. 

Enter  Louisa. 

Lotii.  I  thought  Mr.  Leopold  had  not  been  gone, 
and  I — oh,  dear  me  !  you  feem  quite  flurred — I  hope 
nothing  has  happened — I  hope  ycu  have  not  done  any 
thing.  Sir,  to  offend  my — to  offend  Mr.  Leopold,  Sir  ? 

Adel.  Far  from  it,  I  hope — he  came  juft  now  to 
confer  favors  on  me,  which  I  muft  not  accept. 

Loui.  And  do  you  mean  to  go,  then — ^from  this 
houfe.  Sir  ?  [looks  donun  embarrafs^d — Ind«ed,  I  ani 
forry — 

AdeL  Do  3"ou  take  an  intereft  in  my  fate,  Louifa  ? 
Beware  !  of  tliat. 

Loui.  Beware  !— -and  why  fo  ? 

Adel.  Becaufe  poverty,  which  in  genei*al  filences  the 
feelings,  is  not  ahvays  mafter  over  the  heart. 

Loui.  But  the  poor  have  hearts  like  other  people  :— 
and  when  the  heart  is  good,  why  fhould  poverty  fi- 
lence  it  ? 

Adel.  The  rich  only  dare  to  fpeak  its  language-— 


38 


SIGHS  ;  DP, 


A  man  like  Totum  dares  to  oiFer  you  his  hand,  he 
dares  to  fa)' — I  love  you — 

LoiLi.  And  what  fignifies  his  faying  that  ?  I'm  f^re 
I  don't  mind  what  he  fays. 

/Idel,  It  fignifies  fomething,  Louifa— for  the  rich 
man  is  at  leafl  received  with  politenefs,  the  poor  one, 
however  worthy  in  other  refpe(5ts,  is  rejected  with 
fcorn. 

Loiu.  Then  they  who  rejed  a  worthy  man,  becaufe 
he  is  poor,  never  deferve  a  rich  one,  I  am  certain. 

Enter  Von  Snarl. 

V,  Sn.  Mr.  Adelbert,  I — I  am  come  to  beg  your 

pardon — I  have  found — 

Jidd.  I  beg  that  not  a  word  may  be  fpoken  on  the 
f^bjcft. 

V,  Sn.  Why,  may'nt  I  fay  I  found  myfelf  in  the 
wrong  ?  Surely,  'tis  not  for  the  pleafure  of  faying  it— - 

Add.  Mr.  Leopold  has  explained  all. 

V.  Sn,  Oh,  very  well— -and  now  I  mean  to  make 
you  amends. 

Adel.  Amends  ? 

V.  S/i,  Aye,  it  goes  againft  a  man's  ftomach,  to  be 
fure — but  I  muft  make  you  an  apology — Leopold  fays 
I  muft — they  all  fay  I  muft.  It's  curfed  difagrecable — 
but  I  muft  make  you  amends — fo  you  fee  I  do  it  with  a 
good  grace.  I  am  come  to  tell  you,  that  I  am  jull 
fending  out  a  fhip,  and  you  fhall  go  fupercargo. 

Ade/.  Indeed  !  my  gratitude  robs  me  of  words  to 
thank  you. 

Lcui.  [alarmed and  njdth  emotion)  Will  you  go,  Adel- 
bert ? 

Adel.  To  gain  an  honeft  livelihood  I  to  be  reflored 
to  honeft  induftry  !  Oh  !  heavens  ! 

Sn,  She  wril  fall  for  Africa  next  month. 

LouL  Oh  !  what,  will  you  go  to  Africa  ! 

Adel.  {jwlth furprife )  For  Africa. 

V.  Sn,  You  fhall  not  be  at  a  fiirthing's  expenfe.  I 
am  determined  to  do  the  thing  handfomely.  I'll 
freight  her  myfelf ;  you  fhall  only  have  to  purchafe 
negroes.  {Kt^zl.  Jhudders)  What  is  the  matter  v/ith 
YOU  ? 


TfiE  DAUGHTER. 


39 


Adel.  Humbled  tho*  I  am,  in  poverty,  and  in  af- 
i?i(5lion  j  harrafs'd  by  daily  cares,  and  wounded  by 
hourly  regrets,  the  bread  I  earn  fliall  never  force  a 
tear  from  the  helplcfs,  nor  bring  rernorfe  to  my  rc- 

V.  Sn,  So  now  I  mud  not  make  him  amends — I'm 
not  to  have  my  own  way  in  any  thing.  What,  then, 
you  defpife  my  offer  ?  go  on  with  your  romantic  no- 
lions :  Here's  a  pretty  couple  of  you  !  one  does  not 
choofe  a  hiifband  with  eighty  thouland  marks,  and  the 
other  won't  go  to  fea  to  make  his  fortune  for  life.  I 
wifh  you  had  nothing  but  fentiment  and  romance  to 
eat  for  a  fortnight,  and  by  that  time  you,  Mifs,  would 
take  Tiiman  Totum  with  eighty  thoufand  marks,  and 
you,  Sir,  without  a  pound  in  your  pocket,  would  be 
glad  to  fail  to  the  coaft  of  Guinea — Zounds  !  if  I  had 
not  the  Aveetefl  temper  in  the  world,  I  fhould  be  kept 
in  a  perpetual  paffion.  [^£xit  Von  Snarl, 

[Louisa  appears  agitated,  and  Adelbert  chferves  her 

an%iouJlyj\ 

A  del.  What  agitates,  you,  Louifa  ? 

Loui.  You've  a  kind  heart,  Mr.  Adelbert,  for  every 
one  but  yourfelf — you  won't  go,  then,  to  make  your 
fortune  ?  Oh,  dear,  if  you  had  gone. — Mr.  Totum 
would  then  have  afk'd  me  again  to  marry  him. 

AdeL  And  would  you  have  accepted  him  ? 

Loui.  No,  never — tho'  he  were  ten  times  as  rich  as 
he  is. 

{^A  paiife  for  a  fena  mo?7ients.) 

Add,  Does  my  heart  deceive  me,  or  do  I  read 
your's  aright,  Louifa  ? 

Loui,  What  do  you  mean  ? 

Adel,  Were  you  ever  in  love,  X.ouifa 

Loui,  Lord  !  that's  a  ftrange  queftion. 

Adel,  And  I  have,  perhaps,  no  right  to  afk  it. 

Loui.  Vfhjy  iho'  you  have  lived  a  whole  year  in 
this  houfe,  we  know  nothing  of  you,  to  be  fure,  but 
that  you  come  from  Poland,  and  that  we  fliould  hard- 
ly know  neither,  but  from  your  drefs. 

Adel.  Would  you  liften  with  patience  to  my  ftory, 
if  I  fhould  difclofe  it  to  you,  and  you  alone  ? 

L9ui.  With  patience  !^ — Ah  !  I  v/ifli  you  would  try 


SIGHS  ;  OR, 


.  Well — during  the  laft  ilniggles  of  our  expir- 

ing ftate,  tho'  private  and  important  duties  detained 
me  at  a  diftance,  I  embarked  my  whole  fortune  on  the 
fide  of  thofe,  who,  even  againft  a  vidorious  enemy,  i 
wilhed  to  defend  their  native  country — you  know  the  I 
refalt — •  my  fituatioii  here  fpeaks  it — except  a  trifling  1 
^I^ipend  that'  is  ftill  left  to  me,  1  have  no  remaining 

'^offefflon  but  health,  no  hope  but  indufrry.    Alas  ! 

^jpy  poor  country  ! 

Lotti.  And  can  you  be  happy  nowhere  but  in  Po- 
land, Mr.  Adelbert. 

JldeL  I  might  yet  be  happy — I  might — I  ftruggle 
tn  vain  againft  myfelf- — Reafon  forgets  to  fpeak,  and 
my  heart  betrays  me.  [He  kneels  to  Louisa.) 

Loui.  Oh,  dear  !  you  frighten  m.e  out  of  my  wits — 
If  any  one  ftiould  come-— 

j^del.  Hope  only  can  raife  me  from  the  ground — 
'{[Louisa  hid^s  her  faee  lulth  one  handy  and  holds  out  the 
other  to  Adelb£RT,  ^Mhsfeizes  it  and  preffes  it  nxiith  rap- 
ture to  his  lips.']    Then  I  am  happy  My  banifti- 

ment,  my  wrongs,  my  fufferings,  all — all  are  now  a 
dream.  Will  you  indeed  fhare  my  poverty  ?  Oh  ! 
then  we  will  make  it  a  lot  the  richeft  ones  fhall  envy. 
The  dawn  fhall  light  me  forth  to  induftry,  and  the 
dews  of  evening  fhall  wani  m.e  from  my  work.  Love~ 
:ihall  feafon  our  fcanty  meal,  and  the  hufband,  return- 
ing from  his  toil,  fhall  enjoy,  in  contentment  and  af- 
feiftioii,  a  kindlier  reft  than  lights  upon  the  downy  beds 
of  palaces. 

Loui.  Oh  !  but  I  am  not  fo  poor  as  you  imagine— 
'(Adelbert  Jiarts)  I  am  not  the  orphan  oLa  clergy- 
man. 

AdeL  No  ! 

Loui.  I  have  a  father,  and  a  rich  one,  too. 

yidel.  Rich  !  then  all  my  hopes  of  happinefs  are 
crufti'd  at  once. 

Lout.  No — don't  fay  fo  :  I  am  fure,  when  he  knows 
you,  he  muft  be  fo  proud  of  you  ! 

Add.  The  poor  Adelbert  dared  to  Hft  his  eyes  to  the  { 
poor  Louifa.    The  rich  Louifa  is  loft  to  him — Honor 
is  my  tyrant — I  obey,  againft  my  v/iJl — but  I  obey? 
Ah  !  Lcuifa  ' 


THE  DAUGHTER.  4Z 

Enter  Josephine. 

yof.  Bravo,  children — {both  fiart^  v/hen  lovers  are 
caught — 

J!deL  (emharrafs^d).  Do  not  imagine  that — 

Jcf,  That  you  are  in  love  ? — oh^  no — it's  impoffi- 

ble — you  are  a  great  deal  too  old  for  that. 

j^del. '  I  fl-iould  be  ferry  if  you  tliought  that,  Louifa— 
Jof.  V/asin  love  ?  Oh,  no,  certainly — Ihe  is  a  great 

deal  too  young. 

j^del,  I  aflure  you  that — 

Jof  That  flie  hates  you — Is  that  the  cafe,  Louifa  ? 
You  fee  fhe  has  not  the  heart  to  deny  it — and  you, 
Sir,  can  you  venture  to  confefs  ? — 

Adel,  Who  can  look  at  Louifa  without  admiration  ? 

Jof.  Nay,  that's  a  very  rude  fpeech  when  there's 
another  woman  in  the  room. 

AdeU  But  to  love  her  is  a  blifsful  privilege  denied 
to  me. 

Jcf  And  why  fo,  pray  ? 

Adel.  Becaufe  I  am  poor,  • 

'L.cui.  And  /  am  rich, 

Jof.  Oh,  you  are  in  the  right.  {^To  Adalbert) 
You  are  a  good  natur'd  foul,  and  you  knew  what  a 
plague  it  is  to  lhare  a  fortune  with  a  perfon  whcm 
we  love  beft,  and  fo  would  fave  Lcuifa  that  trouble. 
Well,  I  grant  ycu  a  twelvemonth  for  refleftion  ; 
Louifa  will  then  be  nineteen,  and  you  may  by  that 
time  refolve  to  accept  her  with  the  incumbrance  cf  her 
fortune.  In  the  mean  time,  promife  me  you  will  not 
take  any  rafh  ftep,  that  may  make  Louifa  unhappy. 

Adel.  You  lhall  difpofe  of  me.         \^Bc^.vs  and  Exit. 

Jof  Oh,  then  it's  all  very  well.  Make  jourfelf 
cafy,  Louifa  \  the  man  is  young,  and  we  fhall  manage 
him.  [iJx;7  Louisa  ^i/W  Jos, 

SCENE  II. 

A  Hall  in  Von  Snarl'/  Houf. 

Enter  Nicholas,  laughing. 

Ifagg's,  we've  got  a  pretty  vifitcr  to-day,  fure  enough. 
Who  d'ye  pleafe  to  fpeak  with.  Sir,  fays  I.  Any 
body,  fays  he.    And  who  be  I  to  fay,  Sir,  that  you  be  ? 
D  2 


SIGKS  ;  0R> 


Any  bociy^fays  lie^  again  Odzooks>  here  he  is  fol- 
lowing me. 

Enter  Hans  William,  ^.valks  acrofs  the  Jlage^  Jinging 
and  'whijlling, 

Nic.  Be  pleafed.to  be  feated  here  a  while^  Sir  ;  and 
I'll  go  on  without  a7iy  hody^  to  fee  if  afiy  body  is  at 
home.  [-£".v//  Nii^^fOLAS,  laughing  to  hinifelf. 

H.  IVil,  So  Hans^Willlam,  here  you  are.— My 
fatlier  has  an  odd  way  of  thinking  ;— I  (hall  be  more 
inclined  to  follow  my  own.  Eh !  yonder's  a  nice 
girl— I  wilh  that  miiy  be  Jofepkine. 

Enter  Josephine* 

 Good  morning,  young  lady. 

Jof.  It  is  rather  afternoon  than  morning. 

H.  WiL  Not  where  the  day  breaks  fo  brightly. 

Jof,  Very  gallant  truly.  May  I  take  the  liberty 
to  alk — 

H.  IVil.  Who  I  am  ? — I  am  a  queer  fellow. 

Jof.  Well,  but  queer  fellov/s  have  names. 

H.  IVil.  Mine  is  Timothy  Trifle,  at  your  fcrvice  ; 

plain  Timothy  with  the  men,— dear  Timothy  wilh 

the  v/omen." 

"  Jof.  With  all  of  them  V 
H.  IVil.  With  all  who  wifa  to  pleafe  me.''— And 
now,  what  is  your  name  ? 

Jof.  My---name  is  Louifti  Rofe.  I  am  a  poor  cler- 
gyman's orphan,  who  live  in  this  houfe.  Perhaps 
you  liave  bufmefs  with  Mr.  Von  Snarl  ? 

//.  IVil.  No — but  I  have  with  his  daughter. 

Jof.  Vfixh  his  daughter  ? 

//.  V/il.  They  fay  fne  has  a  great  fortune  ;  and, 
2bout  fix  weeks  ago,  fays  my  mother,  one  evening, 
to  mie — Dear  Timothy,  you  are  a  poor  fellow,  and 
muft  make  your  fortune  by  marriage. 

Jof  Very  vrifely. 

H.  IVil.  Very  motherly,  you  mean.  There's  Mr, 
Von  Snarl,  fays  llie,  your  father's  old  fchool-fellow, 
has  a  mod  charmir.g  daughter— I  dare  fay  you  muft 
know  her. 

Jof  Oh,  to  be  fure  I  know  Jofephine  as  well  as  I 
know  myfelf. 

U.  IVil,  Is  (he  handfome  ? 


THE  DAUGHTEt. 


43 


Jof,  When  (he  confults  her  looking  glafs,  Ihe  think? 

H.  mi.  Is  (he  like  you  > 

jfof.  She  is  not  handfomer  than  I  am. 

H.  JVil.  I  like  that— Ihe  has  no  need.  Has  £he 
good  fenfe  ? 

jof.  Not  enough  to  prevent  her  from  talking. 

//.  mi.  Well,  I  like  that.-Is  Ihe  kind-he-arted, 
good  to  the  poor  ? 

Jcf.  Oh,  lord  !  the  poor  get  nothing  in  this  houfe, 
if  I  do  not  give  it  them. 

H.  mi.  I  don't  like  that.    Is  (lie  grave  or  lively  ? 

^of.  As  wild  as  a  young  devil . 

H.  mi.  Aye  !  tlien  fhe'il  juft  do  for  me. 

Jo/.  But  there's  one  thing,  Mr.  Queerfellow,  with 
your — I  like  that,  and  I  don't  like,  that,  that's  againft 
you  :  Jofephine's  hand  is  promifed. 

N.  mi.  To  whom  ? 

j^o/.  To  a  young  man  at  Arafterdam— one  Hans 
William. 

B.  mi.  Oh,  I  know  him.  I'll  rid  her  of  that 
bcoby. 

Jof.  What  fort  of  a  man  is  he  ? 
H.  Wil.  He  ?  A  ftupid  pedantic  fellow,  with  a  fuU- 
bottom'd  wig. 
Jof.  Oh,  lord  ! 

i7.  Wil.  A  Ihrill  voice,  and  bandy  legs. 
Jof.  Oh,  lord  !  /  don't  like  that. 
H.  Wil.  You  don't  like  it  ?  How  does  it  concern 
you  then  ? 

jfof.  Oh,  it's  nothing  at  all  to  me,  to  be  fure — only 
for  my  friend's  fake.  (/Jfide)  So  I  had  nearly  betray- 
ed myfelf.    Do  you  wilh  to  fee  my  father,  Sir  ? 

h!  Wil.  Your  father  ! 

yof.  My  friend's  father,  I  mean.  (Going.) 

H.  Wil.  Hold,  hold,  a  moment  (looks  Jtedfhjily  in  her 
face.)  '  Your  name  is  Louifa  Rofe.  '*  It  may  be  ; 
"  there's  not  a  rofe-bed  in  Chriftendom,  that  would  re- 
"  fufe  to  own  you  ;  but"  deuce  take  me  if  I  believe 
you.    Shall  I  tell  you  your  real  name  ? 

Jof.  Well,  what  is  it  >. 

H.  JVil.  Jofephine. 

Jof  And  what  makes  you  fuppofe  fo  ? 


44  SIGHS  ;  OR,  ^ 

H,  WtL  I  don't  fuppofe — I  am  certain.  You  dlico- 
vered  the  hufband  in  my  features  at  firft  fight,  and  you 
thought  it  your  duty  to  impofe  upon  me  inltantly. 

IRum  off, 

Jcf.  You  are  a  devil. 

H,  IViL  Bravo,  Hans  William  !  That's  juft  the 
girl  for  you.  Oh,  here  comes  old  Von  Snarl,  I  fup- 
pofe :  Egad,  Pll  have  nothing  to  fay  to  him,  till  I 
know  whether  that  be  Jofephine  or  not. 

E7iter  Von  Snarl. 

V.  $72,  Your  fervant.  Sir.  (H.  Will,  nijhijiles) 
Here's  a  pretty  fellow  !  My  daughter  tells  me  you  de- 
fire  to  fpeak  with  me. 

H.  Wil,   Oh,  that  is  your  daughter,  is  fhe  ? 

V.  Sn.  Why  whofe  fhouid  Ihe  be  ?  Next  I'm  not  to 
be  father  of  my  own  children.  She  tells  me  your  name 
is  Trifle. 

H.  IVil.  You  recollect  the  name  well  enough,  I  fup- 
pofe ? 

V.  Sn.  Never  heard  it  in  my^  life. 

i7.  Wil.  When  you  were  at  fchool,  with  the  old 
Do<5tor  with  a  red  ncfe,  and  ufcd  to  fteal  peaches  in 
company  with  Tom  Trifle. 

V,  Sn.  Tom  Trifle  !  Who  is  he  ? 

B.  IVil.  My  father,  Sir,  your  poor  fchool-fellow. 

V.  S«.  Poor!  Zounds,  Sir,  I  do  not  know  any 
thing  of  him.  If  you  have  nothing  particular  to  fay 
to  me — 

H.  Wil,  I  have  a  letter  to  you  from  my  father — 
The  deuce  !  I  have  left  that  plaguy  letter  at  the  inn. 

V,  Sn,  There  you  may  leave  it  then. 

B.  Wil,  I'll  run  and  fetch  it  in  a  moment. 

F,  Sn.  You  may  break  ycur  neck  by  the  way  if  you 
chufe.  I  deflre  you'll  never  ftep  your  foot  over  ray 
threfliold  again. 

H.  Wil  Stay,,  old  gentleman  ;  flay  till  I  return 
with  the  letter  :  I'll  make  you  remember  Tom  Trifle, 
depend  on  it.  [Exit  H.  Wil. 

F.  Sn,  Puppy  !  Thefe  young  fello\7s,  now-a-days, 
have  no  more  refpe<S  for  riches  than  they  have  for 
manners,  (going) 


THE  DAUGHTER. 


45 


Enter  Leopold,  77ieeting  him. 

Leop.  Brother,  lend  me  the  mafter-key  of  your 
ho  life. 

V.  Sn.  What  is  it  for  ? 

l^eop,  I  cannot  tell  you  at  prefent. 

V.  S/i.  Then  I  cannot  lend  it  you  at  prefent.  D'ye 
intend  to  let  all  my  doors  v/ide  open  to-day  ?  Firft 
comes  ray  daughter,  "  Papa,  lend  me  the  mafter-key." 
She  is  hardly  gone,  when  you  come,  "  Brother,  lend 
me  the  maller-key."  Every  body  wants  me  to  lend 
them  fomcthing. 

Leop.  Surely  you  don't  diftrull:  me  ? 

F.  Sn,  I  don't  fay  that  :  I  know  you  won't  rob  me  ; 
but  'tis  fair  enough  to  refufe  you  for  all  that. 

Ijeop.  On  what  account  ? 

F.  S«.  Who  has  got  Enghlh  patent  locks  to  his 
doors,  eh  ? 

heop.  For  that  I  have  a  particular  reafon. 

F.  S;i.  Who  fits  whole  days  locked  up  in  his  room, 
eh? 

Leop.  I  wifh  to  be  alone. 

F,  Sn.  Who  has  a  myfterious  cabinet,  In  which  no 
mortal  has  dared  to  fet  foot  for  years  together  ? 
Xj^eop.  That's  my  fanc}'". 

F.  Sti.  Well,  and  it's  my  fancy  not  to  lend  you  the 
mafter-key.  I  have  my  particular  reafons  as  well  as 
you,  only  I'm  not  fo  unbrotherly  minded  ;  but  that  is 
no  wonder — you  have  not  fuch  a  remarkable  fweet 

temper  as  I  have  There — there's  the  key  ;  but  take 

notice,  if  I  mifs  a  fmgle  bottle  of  wine,  you  fhall  be 
anfwerable  for  it.  {^Extt  V.  Sn. 

l^eop.  He  is  in  the  right ;  but  I  dare  not  open  my 
heart  to  him  ;  he  would  not  underftand  it.  Gould  I 
indeed  find  the  bofom  of  a  friend  ! 

Enter  Louisa. 
[Leopold  turns ^  and ftarts  at  perceiving  her*'\ 
Ltoui,  I  hope  I  don*t  interrupt  you,  Sir. 
heop.  Come  in,  Louisa  ;  you  can  never  be  unwel- 
come. 

L.oui,  You  arc  fo  good ;  and  yet  I  am  afraid  you 

are  not  happy. 


46 


sighs;  ORj 


hecp.  I  was  cnce  happy  :  that's  the  proudeft  boa?^ 
mortality  allows. 

L.GuL  And  why  can't  you  be  happy  again  ?  I  am 
fure  all  good  people,  who  know  you,  muft  wifh  ta 
make  you  fo. 

heop.  Few  are  the  hearts,  Louifa,  that  keenly  feel 
for  the  diilrefs  of  others.    Thofe  few  the  miferable 

cannot  feek  ;  but,  when  once  they  find  them,  Oh, 

Heaven  !  {lifting  zip  his  hands  nuith  great  emotion, ) 

'Loiii.  I  am  an  orphan  ;  and  it  fignifies  fo  little  what 
a  poor  girl,  like  me,  feels  for  the  diilrefs  of  other  peo- 
ple, that  I  am  afraid  to  tell  you  how  many  tears  you: 
have  coft  me. 

"Lcop.  Tears  for  me  ! 

'L.otii.  I  am  too  young,  to  be  fure,  to  a(k  you  quef- 
tlons  about  yourfelf ;  but,  if  I  had  a  right— tf  I  were 
your  relation,  now — your  daughter,  or — 

'Leop,  Would  to  Heaven  ! 

ILoui.  Haven't  you  a  daughter  ? 

Lfc/*.  I  have. 

"Lout.  Is  fhe  about  my  age  ? 
Tueop,  Yes,  thereabout. 

ILoui,  And  why  don't  you  let  her  live  with  you  ? 
"Leop.  Dear  girl,  fpare  me  !  do  not  repeat  that  quef- 
tion. 

"Loui,  Has  fhe  offended  you  ? 
l^op.  Never. 

luoid*  Then  you  do  not  love  her  ;  that's  a  fure 
thing. 

"Leop*  She  is  my  only  happinefs  on  earth  ! 

"Lout.  Then  why  have  you  banifh'd  the  poor  foul 
your  prefence  ? 

l^eop.  (ivarmfy)  Who  fays  fo  ?  Thofe  with  whom 
fhe  lives,  and  muft  live  yet,  for  a  fhort  time,  are  excels 
lent  people. 

Loui,  But  they  are  not  her  parents.  She  does  not 
find  the  care  of  a  fond  mother. 

l.eop.  Oh,  Heaven  !  She  has  no  mother  ! 

'Lout.  That's  a  great  pity  ;  when  fhe  does  not  find 
a  father. 

Le<5/».  Ceafe,  girl,  ceafe  !  {J/ter  a  paufe.)  Pity  my 
forrows  * 


THE  DAUGHTER. 


47 


TuCuJ,  Indeed  I  wi(h  to  fiiare  them.  Do  let  me 
rpeak  to  you.  Death  has  robbed  you  of  a  wife,  but  you 
have  ftill  a  daughter  left  ;  flie  would  be  almoft  wild 
v/ith  joy,  if  fhe  could  fill  her  mother's  place  in  your 
affedion.    Why  will  you  not  call  her  to  you  ? 

heo/f.  She  fhall  come. 

IjQu/.  And,  till  fhe  comes,  do  look  on  ne  as  your 
daughter  ;  let  rne  dry  your  tears,  and  kifs  the  hand  a 
daughter  fhould  kifs.    ( TaJ^es  hh  hand  and  kijfes  it. ) 

laenp.  Louifa,  you  have  fhaken  my  foul.  I  cannot 
account  for  the  power  you  have  over  me.  Yes,  I  will 
difclofe  to  you  the  very  fan<5luary  of  my  grief.  Come 
to  my  apartment  an  hour  hence  ;  It  is  facred  to  for- 
row  ;  facred,  alas  !  have  I  kept  it  ;  nor  have  I  fuffer- 
ed  the  foot  of  a  ftranger  to  profane  the  thrcfliold.  For 
one  hour,  adieu,  Louifa  !  Remember  ;  be  punctual. 
[Exeunt  Louisa  and  Leopold  on  oppojite ftdes.'] 

2ND   OF   THE    THIRD  ACT. 


ACT  IV.    SCENE  L 

Apartment  in  Von  SnarlV  Houfe. 
Enter  Mrs.  Ros£,  Nicholas,  and  another  Servant, 

iV/V.  WH  AT  is  the  matter,  Mrs.  Rofe  ? 

Mrs,  R,  There  is  a  crowd  about  them  at  the  inn  ; 
tl^iey  fought  with  fwords,  as  if  fiefh  and  blood  were 
made  of  wood. 

Nic.  Well,  but  who  are  they  ? 

Airs.  R.  Oh,  I  don't  wifh  to  know — ^fomebody  faid 
it  was  our  Polilh  lodger— but  heav'n  forbid  !  a  couple 
of  wild  wretches — Pm  certain  they  never  read  myhuf- 
band's  fermon  on  duelling  ;  the  laft  fermon  my  poor 
dear  Dr.  Olearius  ever  preached— 

A7c.  Are  they  wounded  ? 

Mrs.  R.  Oh,  I  dare  fay  they  are  both  killed  ;  they 
fought  togetlier,  one  like  a  ^cannibal,  the  other  like  a 

hottsntat^' 


45 


Enter  ToTUM. 

Tot.  Fine  doings  !  five  gafhes,  three  fide -cuts,  and 
an  eye-let  hole.    The  Pole  is  a  pretty  fellow. 
Nic.  Mr.  Adelbert  \ 

Tot.  The  young  gentleman  wanted  a  bleeding. 

Mrs.  R.  WHiat,  is  Mr.  Adelbert  wounded  ? 

Tot,  The  point  of  the  fword  made  entry  by  his'  > 
windpipe,  prove  a  running  account  in  his  ribs,  and  ^ 
carried  over  into  the  heart  ;  I  think  he's  a  fafe  n:an. 

Mrs.  R,  Oh,  mercy  !  let  us  go  and  inquire  about 
him.  Oh,  that  he  had  read  my  hufband's  laft  fermon 
on  duels  !  {^Exeunt  Mrs.  Rose  and  Servants. 

Tot.  Ha  I  Louifa  will  now  be  miftrefs  Totum  ; 
Ha  !  no  rival  now  ;  The  Pole's  done  for.  Ha  !  Scratch 
out  the  Pole,  Ha  !  [^.v/V. 

SCENE  n. 

Adelbert'/  Aparttnenty  ivith  an  Inner  rcr.m  and  clofct  ; 
and  a  <vjmdonx}  looking  into  the  Jireef  ;  A  [mall  box  Jiand- 
ing  on  the  table  :  A  trunk  iri  the  corner  cf  the  room. 

Louisa  opens  the  door,  and  enters  tinwroujly  ;  then, 
treading  foftly,  goes  toiwards  the  'windo'w  and^oks  out. 

Loui.  No,  he  is  not  coming  ;  I  am  fafe  for  a  few 
minutes  at  leaft  ;  poor  foul  !  he  is  wounded,  and  per- 
haps he  can't  come  home  yet  :  he  v/ill  want  a  great 
many  things,  which  money  can  procure  for  him  ;  fo 
let  me  make  hafte  and  give  him  all  I  have.  [She  takes 
the  bill  of  exchange  from  her  bof&yn)  Nov/  where  fhall  I  put 
this  note,  that  he  may  fee  it  diredlly  ?  On  the  table — 
no,  it  won't  be  fafe.  [tries  to  open  the  box  on  the  table) 
Stay,  this  is  not  lock'd  ;  he  cannot  help  feeing  it  here, 
when  he  opens  the  box.  [laying  the  paper  in  the  box,  and 
addrejfing  herfelf  to  it)  "  Don't  you  let  any  body  take 
you  out,  but  my  Adelbert,  and  v/hen  you  come  to  his 
hands,  tell  him  [takes  up  the  note  a?id  kijfes  it)  there,  tell 
him  that."  Now,  if  I  can  get  back  to  my  ov.n  room 
before  any  one  alks  for  me  [goes  tonxyards  the  door)  Oh, 
dear  !  hark  !  I  hear  fomebody  on  the  ftairs  If  Adel- 
bert fhould  be  come  back — No,  it's  tmpolfible  in  this 


THE  DAUGHTER. 


49 


fhort  time  [liftens)  they  are  coming."  If  I  fiiould  be 
found  here  ;  cannot  I  hide  myfelf  ?  this  door  is  open 
{go(^s  into  an  inner  rooi?i) 

Leopold  opens  the  door  cautioufly — Enters. 

Lecp.  So  ;  I  might  have  pafTed  without  the  mafter-key. 
It  is  plain  the  young  gentleman  has  little  to  lofe,  or  lefs 
fufpicion  of  Icfmg  it.  Well,  here  is  a  m.an  with  whom  I 
can  hold  fellowfhip  ;  to  whom  I  can  at  laft  open  a  bur- 
then'd  heart  ;  a  comfort  fo  long  denied  to  me  !  (Louisa, 
everbearing,  clafps  her  hands  njjith  exprejfions  of  great  affec- 
tion) Spite  of  that  noble  pride  which  difdains  to  lie  under 
an  obligation,  I  will  enjoy  the  pleafure  of  conferring  one 
cn  him  ;  this  for  a  beginning  (^takes  a  rouleati  from  his 
pocket)  Where  lh?Jl  I  put  the  money  I  This  bcz — aye  it 
\s,  O'^tii  {opens  the  lo^  and  fees  the  note)  what  is  this? 

the  very  bill  T  l^nt  by  yefterday*s  poft  to  my  daughter  ! 
•hov/  can  it  have  come  into  this  man^s  box  ?  Could  the 
ferva-nt  I  fent  with  the  letter  have  opened  it  ?  He  is 
•icemingly  hcneft.    Nay,  I  know  him  to  be  fo  :  **  Fie, 
;  I  am  afhamed  of  myfelf  when  I  fufpeft  an  honeft 
:in."    Surely  Adelbert  could  not  [difcozers  fufpicion  a?:d 
:crrcr)  could  not  have  refource  to  means,  I  fhudder  even 
-to  think  of  !  at  leaft  'tis  ground  of  reafonable  fufpicion  ; 
Shall  I  take  back  the  note  ?  No  !  what  right  have  I  to 
vtake  out  of  a  ftranger  s  cheft,  a  paper,  which  I  fent  to 
Francfort  fifteen   hours  fmce  !  a  perfect  riddle  !  I'll 
leave  it  where  I  found  it  ;  {puts  the  note  again  in  the  box) 
iny  money  too  fhall  ftay  where  it  was  ;  {puts  the  rouleau 
in  his  pocket)  and-now  back  to  my  folitary  chamber,  till 
fome  fortunate  conjedlure  fhall  make  me  once  mere  hope 
that  m.an  is  not  altogether  hateful  !       \^Exit  Leopold, 

Louisa  comes  out  of  the  iniier  Room. 

Loui,  Oh,  mercy  !  what  have  I  done  ?  inftead  of  help- 
ing poor  Adelbert,  I  have  brought  him  into  a  fufpicion 
of  the  bafeft  guilt.  What  can  I  do  !  I  mull  e'en  go  and 
tell  my  father  who  I  am,  come  of  it  v/hat  m.ay.  Yes,  I'll 
tell  him  all  ;  dear,  dear,  I  do  tremble  fo  !  let  me  get 
away  before  I  am  caught  again  (goes  to  the  door  farts  and 
runs  back  againy  frightened)  Oh,  mercy  !  there's  fomebody 
elfe  ;  this  time  pcrhap;^  it  is  A4elbert  himfelf ;  I  feel  as 


SIGHS  ;  OR, 


it  I  had  clone  wrong  ;  but  Heaven  knows  my  innocent  in- 
tentions }  I'll  hide  myfelf  once  moit-" {ret ur;2s  into  the 
inner  room.) 

ToTUM  p^iits  his  Head  in  at  the  Dear, 

Tot,  Eh  !  door  open  !  now  for  a  peep  {enters')  nobody 
;here Pole  wopnded ,;  ftop  at  hotel  ;  poft  time  to  debit 
and  proceed.    Now,  fure  as  my  name  is  Tilman  Totum, 
I'll  balance  the  Pole's  books  ;  "  if^^Ptr^^rl,  tnnrfnrnr 
^;int  tci  iJi  V  JU.tRji^  aiul.Juolaro  J  went  h^^  mrrirrfi  " 

Loui.  (looking  out)  What  can  Mr.  Totum  want,  I 
wonder  ! 

Tot.  (looks  round  the  room  nvith  contempt)  I^ight  flock  in 
warehonfe  ,;  foon  taken  ;  "  fmn^^  j        r.    .„  , 

i^i'i  nnrj]  frbTingViti"  Quick  ;  iird  look  over  papers  ;  £h  ! 
no  defic  !  no  books  !  a  fellow  of  no  account  !  Oh  !  may 
be  he  writes  in  his  clofet  ;  look  into  back-lhop.  (goes 
into  the  clofet) 

hoiti.  {coviing  from  the  inner  room)  I  am  frightened  out 
of  my  wits  ;  he  does  not  perceive  me,  and  Pil  feize  this 
moment  to  make  my  efcape  ;  I  cannot  guefs  his  defign, 
but,  whatever  it  be,  PU  lock  the  dooi  after  me,  and 
leave  him  to  anfwer  for  it. 

\_Exit  Louisa,  and  locks  the  dear  without. 

Tot.  (returns)  Egad,  he's  a  deep  one.  Where  can  he 
keep  the  balance  ftieet  ?  mull:  have  private  books  fome- 
where  (fees  the  box  on  the  table)  Oh,  ho  !  here  we  have 
him  ;  now  fee  contents  ;  nov/  we'll  detedt  the  fpy  (takes 
out  the  bijl  of  exchange  and  reads.)  "  On  demand  pay  to 
this  my  order,  the  fum  of  three  hundred  crowns."  Ac- 
cepted too  !  As  good  as  Bank  ;  ah,  your  fpies  mull  have 
the  wherewith  {reads  again)  "  Le-o— "  What  !  "  Leo- 
pold Von'*  drawn  by  my  mailer's  brother  !  Zounds,  this 
is  forgery  !  "  A-ye,  aye,  this  is  the  ufe  he  makes  of  get- 

ting  hrs  head  nito  good  books.  We'll  go  over  a  few 
more  folios  here,  (dranvs  a  chair  to  the  t able  f fits  do'^xn,  and 
begins  tc  runmiage  the  box,)  If  I  can  barely  find  enough 
to  hang  him,  that's  all^  (ru7n77iaging)  that's  all  the  harm 
I  wifh  him.  Hark  !  did  not  I  hear  fomethlng  ?  (Rifes 
fudderJy^  replaces  every  thi?7g  in  the  box^  except  the  note,  a7id 
/huts  .the  box  hajiily,  'which  clofes  nvith  a  fpring  lock,)  I'll  take 
<2.  peep  down  the  flreet,  to'  be  fure  that  Mr.  Iron- 
driver  is  not  nearer  than  I  fufpefl.    (He  ru:?s  to  the  tiv/?- 


THE  DAUGHTERc 


doiij,  looks  out,  and JIarts.)  Oh,  here's  a  blunder  ;  here's 
a  fcratch  ;  Zounds  !  here's  Old  Scratch  himfelf.  Yon- 
der comes  the  Pole  ;  I  fee  his  head.  Whip  off  v/ith  the 
box  ;  Egad,  the  bell  way.  {T'akes  up  the  box  and  goes  to- 
awards  the  door)  *'  WpMI  hnvft  -i  hn]t-r  fnr  vnii,  \A\^t_  Fpi.^- 

'■jl  mrif  rrnnd  ir,  nV  Tilinnn  TntiTTn'  'j^  'j 

*j  ^"inrl  rr^ftiT-"     ( Goes  to  the  dGor,  tries  to  open 

ft,  and  fields  it  locked,)    Eh  !  how's  this  1  the  door  faft  I 

0  Lord  !  I  am  check'd.  A  plague  on  him  ;  I  hear 
him  at  the  foot  of  the  ftair  cafe  ;  there  are  only  thirty- 
four  fteps,  two  landing-places,  and  a  turning,  between  me 
and  a  fword  through  my  body.  Oh,  the  devil  !  here  he 
is  on  the  flairs.  Let's  return  the  note — {Jets  the  box  on 
the  tabky  and  tries  to  open  it.)  Devil  on  devil  !  the  boX' 
fhuts  with  a  fpring-lock,  and  the  lid  is  fail.  "  i^\w^y  'if, 
ifi  thtf  |>»i(r<i  nLfrirgnry  if  frnvnd  -mnM  rrnj  J  ilmU(Li.  biu'r 
<■<  .'in     nrrnmplirij  m  1  I'fr         MM    i  ^  ^'    ^  " 

1  have  opened  a  fine  head  of  account  here.  \Vher@-^iall 
I  put  the  note  ?  Here  is  a  trunk  as  large  as  our  ledger. 
I'll  infert  it  here  ;  he  won't  think  of  opening  this.  "  At 
leaft  the  note  will  be  wrote  off  from  my  head."  {Opens 
thg  trutikj  flings  the  note  into  it,  andjhuts  it  again,) 

Enter  Adelbert  and  Hans  William, 
71?/.  Mr.  Adelbert,  your  moft  obliged  and  obedient. 
^deL  Mr.  Totum,  how  did  you  come  into  my  room  ? 
^ot.  Brought  forv/ard  per  door,  Sir, 
AdeU  I  left  my  door  lock'd. 

Tot.  Clofed  ;  pardon  me,  it  flood  open,  I  fwear  % 
though  there's  no  occafion  to  fwear  that,  becaufe  it  is  true. 

Adel.  But  we  found  it  ihut  this  moment. 

Tot.  Why,  yes  :  while  I  was  jufl  looking  out  at  the 
window,  afudden  draft  C2ime.  in  per  chimney,  and  clofed 
the  account — clofed  the  door,  I  mean. 

Adel.  And  lock'd  it  too  ? 

Tot.  Lock'd  it !  Oh,  perhaps  it  fhuts  with  a  fpring, 
(aftde)  like  fome  other  cuifed  locks. 

Adel.  It  does  not  turn  without  a  key. 

fTr"         .Nft  ^  ""^t  fniT  I  thm  it-  mr{\  1         ]    II  'i  i  ' 

1*  Eddy  wind,  a  fort  of  tornado — we  fuffer  much  by 

*'  Adel.  And"  pray,  Sir,  what  might  occafion  me  the 
honor  of  this  vifit  ? 


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SIGHS  ;  OR, 


Tot,  O  Lord,  Sir,  your  chamber  commands  fuch  a 
fine  view  of  the  foreft  !  I  was  juft  taking  a  peep,  looking 
over  your  leaves — the  leaves  of  your  trees,  I  mean. 
Charming  green  fields,  Sir  !  fmooth  as  the  defks  in  our 
counting-houfe.  What  beautiful  geefe.  Sir,  on  the  com- 
mon yonder  !  good  quills,  I  warrant  ;  eighteen  ftivers 
per  dozen.  You  will  find  them  excellent  for  book-keep- 
ing. 

(Adj^lbert    a?id  Hans  William  exprejfes  contempt  of 

TOTUM.) 

//.  Wil»  Come,  you  forget  that  you  are  w^ounded. 

Add.  A  mere  fcratch  on  the  wrift. 

Tot.  Scratches  are  fometime^'ferious  things. 

AJel.  A  little  balfam  will  cure  it  ;  to-morrow  there 
will  fcarcely  remain  a  fear — (goes  hi  to  the  inner  roo??i.) 

Tot.  (afide)  Now  is  my  time  for  getting  out  without 
lofs  (to  H.  WiL.)  I  am  glad  to  find  our  friend  fo  little 
damaged,  Sir.    I  wiA  you  a  good  afternoon,  Sir. 

//.  WH,  Stay,  Sir  ;  I  could  not  pardon  myfelf,  if  I 
did  not  declare  to  every  one  the  noble  afllftance  I  have 
received  from  that  gentleman. 

Tot.  Another  time  I  ihall  be  happy  to  atteiid — I  wifli 
you  a  good  afternoon,  Sir. 

//.  Wil.  I'll  tell  it  you  in  a  few  words. 

Tot.  (ivlth  great  impatience)  As  few  as  you  pleafe. 
I  have  three  bills  to  forward  to  Amfterdam,  feven  letters, 
of  advice,  thirteen  dunners,  all  for  night's  poll ;  to  be 
ready  at  nine,  P.  M. 

H.  Wil.  As  I  was  fi.nifhing  my  wine  this  afternoon  at 
the  hotel,  I  engaged  in  a  party  at  Faro,  which  was  at  my 
fide,  ( points  to  his  left  ha?id.) 

Tot.  Yes,  debtor's  fide. 

H.  Wil.  I  knew  no  one  :  a  man  in  the  drefs  of  an  offi- 
cer held  the  bank,  fo,  without  fcruple,  I  punted  high,  | 
and  loft  a  good  round  fum.    On  this  I  wanted  to  force 
the  game,  and  put  an  hundred  ducats  on  one  card. 

Tot.  Yes,  a  hundred  ducats  ;  exa<5tly  that  fum  I  fiiall 
fend  to  agent  at  Leipfic  to-morrow  ;  three  notes  ready 
in  iron  cheft,  No.  21,  three  months  date.  No.  29 — 

H.  WiL  Well,  v/ell,  but,  my  friend  yonder  in  his  bed- 
room, whofe  name  I  don't  know,  ftood  leaning  on  a 
chair,  and  obferving  the  game.  You  don't  attend  to  mc. 
(ToTUM  laoks  frcqiienih  to  the  door  cf  the  hed-roc^n.) 


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T ot.  Yes — I  do — Sir  ;  attention  is  the  baft  point  of 
bufmefs — I  am  attending,  Sir — to — {^^fde^  ^ee  how  1  can 
V  get  ofF  before  I  am  caught  by  the  Pole  again. 

H.  Wil.  The  card  turned  againft  me,  and  I  was  pufn- 
ing  the  cafh  to  the  bank  ;  ftop,  Sir,  cried  he  take  your 
money  back  ;  you  are  cheated.  {Tot.  dra^s  hackj  H, 
WiLL./i?//9ai;j.) 

T ot.  Yes — cheated  ! 

H.  Wil,  Up  jumps  the  bankholder,  infults  my  friendj 
both  drew  their  Iwords,  and  before  we  could  part  them, 
both  were  wounded. 

Tot.  Double  entry — good  check — very  extraordinary 
indeed.  I  wilh  you  a  good  afternoon.  Sir.  (Adelbert 
returns  from  the  inner  room^  and  advances.  Totum,  going 
outf  meets  him.)    A  plague  i  here  is  the  Pole  again. 

j^del.  ( holding  his  nuriji  nvith  the  other  hand.)  There, 
it  is  drefs'd.  Mr.  Totum,  be  fo  good  as  to  lift  the  lid  of 
that  trunk,  and  take  out  a  ribbon  which  lies  at  the  top. 

Tot.  Sir  !  take  out  !  excufe  me,  Sir.  I  never  take 
anything  out  of  other  people's  trunks. 

yldel.  You  fee  my  hands  are  engaged.  If  you  will  be 
fo  obliging  to  tie  the  ribbon,  v^hich  you  will  find  there, 
round  my  wrift,  by  to-morrow  the  whole  ftory'v/ill  be 
forgotten. 

H.  Wil.  I  Ihall  never  forget  it. 

Tot.  (Opening  the  irunk,  and  taking  out  the  riblcn  ivkich 
he  ties  haftily  on  Adelbert^  ivrijl J  Well,  if  I  muft,  I — 
but  you  had  better  clofe  the  trunk  again,  Sir. 

Adel.  (looks  into  the  trunk  and  takes  out  the  bill  of  ex- 
change) What's  this  ?  a  bill  of  exchange  ! 

Tot.  A  bill  of  exchange  ! 

Add.  Where  did  this  come  from  ? 

Tot.  (ajide)  As  if  he  did  not  know  where  it  came  from  ! 
Oh,  no  doubt,  arrived  per  mail — poft  to  credit — goods 
delivered. 

u^del.  How  came  it  into  my  trunk  ? 

Tot,  Oh,  every  body  knows  that.  When  received, 
wrote  on  to  cafh,  and  then  put  under  lid. 

Adel.  Fm  all  amazement!  [a  7noments  panfe.)  Mr, 
Totum,  this  muft  be  your  deed. 

Tot.  Ivline,  Sir  !  You  don't  believe,  Sir,  that  I  

Ad-:L  It  is  hard  to  believe  indeed  j  but,  all  ciicuni- 


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sighs;  otif 


ftances  coxifidered.*  This  gentleman  ftialt  be  jud^e. 
When  I  went  out  this  morning,  I  left  nothing  but  a  few 
trifles  of  appartl  in  my  trunk,  and  at  my  return  I  find 
you  locked  in  m.y  room,  and  here  a  note  of  exchange.  It 
is  in  vain  to  deny  it  ;  you  rnufl:  have  put  it  in  my  trunk. 

Tct.  Well,  Sir — if  I  mull  confefs,  I  did  put  it  into  the 
trunk,  but — 

^cfi'/.  Generous  man  !  how  have  I  miilaken  you  I 
You  faw  me  caft  down  by  misfortune,  and  v/ifned  to  lift 
me  from  the  ground.     But  this,  Sir,  cannot  be  accepted. 

Tot,  Zounds  !  it  is  accepted  already.  You  have  only 
to  offer  it  for  payment,  and  then — [q/ide)  we'll  have  you 
taken  up  for  forgery,  and  lift  jou  fro^n  the  ground  gre- 
.^ently.  i 

Adel,  Mr.  Totum,  I  muft  mfift  on  your  taking  it. 
I  Tnl  '  ii  I  T  I  niiiii  iint  tnlffiir  "^^  ^^if^nmit- 

**  AdeL  Can'N^Q  refufe  to  take  back  three  hundreca 
'  crov'ns  r  \ 
Tct.    Certainly  o;^^s^vould  be  very  glad  to  take ) 
'*  three  hundred  crcYv::s  ;  oSti  L>ii 

It  io  yciirr  prrifinrti)a'^    You  ovrned  you  put  it 
in:o  my  trunk. 

Tot,  Yes — but  I  iwcar  I  found  it  in  your  box. 

Adel.  That  is  impoilible.    Iliave  not  fo  much  wealth 
in  the  vroi  ld.    If  it  do  not  come  from  you — 

Totf  From  me  !  I  protell  before  this  gentleman,  I 
have  notliing  to  do  with  it. 

Adel.  Then  I  muft  entreat  you,  at  leafl,  to  carry  it 
back  to  the,perfon  from  whom  it  came. 

Tot,  (afide)  That  perfon  is  the  deviL    I  beg  to  be  < 
excufed,  Sir.    I  don't  keep  cafh  there.    I  don't  know 
the  parties.  ^  , , 

Add.  Sir,  I  infift  on  it. 

Tot,  I  cannot  indeed,  Sir. 

Adel.  You  ciTenvi  me. 

Tot.  I.  am  ferry  fcr  it.  Sir  ;  cut — 

Adel.  I  beg— 

Tot,  I  can  by  no  means — I — I — (fees  the  doer  open  J  I 
-w'ilh  you  a  good  afternoon,  Sir.  I  fee  the  door's  open, 
and  fo, — egad,  here's  a  blot  for  it.  (runj  out.) 

H.  IVil.  Do  you  really  think  fuch  a  fellow  that 
',apable  of  an  act  of  generofity  ? 

Adel.  No — but  the  generous  Leopold— 


THE  DAUGHTER. 


55 


H.  Wll.  Be  who  he  may,  has  chofea,  a  vile  deputy. 
But  let  that  pafs— one  thing  is  clear — from  what  I  have 
now  witnefs'd — you  are  polleiled  of  every  thing  that  a 
brave  man  fliould  have,  except  money.  My  purfe  is  at 
your  command — you  have  open'd  my  heart  already,  and 
I  fliould  think  myfelf  a  mean  wretch  Indeed,  if,  when 
the  firings  of  my  heart  iirc  touch'd,  thofe  of  my  purfe  did 
not  inftantly  follov/. 

AdeL  The  debt  that  lies  on  your  heart,  pay  in  the 
heart's  coin,  when  you  pleafe.  At  prefent  I  am  in  no 
want  of  money.  . 

H.  IV:/.  I  heartily  wifh  you  v/ere  for  m.y  own  fake. 
Do  you  know  you  have  brought  me  into  a  houfe  where  I 
am  no  ftranger  ? 

-f^aW.  As  a  merchant,  the  houfe  of  Von  Snarl  cannot 
be  unknown  to  you. 

H.  Will.  Thai's  not  all  :  I  have  a  dole  fpeculation 
here  on  the  perfon  of  one  Louifa  Rofe. 

Jdel.  (jUrts)  Louifa  Rofe  !  . 

H.  Wll.  Do  you  know  her  ? 

Add.  ( STiibarraJJedi  but  recolle^iing  kimfelf)  Yes. 

H.  WH.  You  do  !  then  there  is  really  fuch  a  perfon  \ 

Add.  There  is  only  one  Louifa  Rofe  in  the  world. 

H.  WH.  I  comprehend — Hans  William,  you  are  come 
here  a  day  too  late.    Is  fhe  rich  ? 

Adel.  Unfortunately  Ihe  is. 

H.  WH.  Unfortunately  !  for  whom  ? 

Adel.  What  have  I  faid  !  "  pardon  me  my  friend." 
You  have  an  honeft  open  countenance,  and  it  led  me 
half  way  to  a  confeffion,  which — 

H.  WH.  You  may  very  fafely  entruft  to  me — Go  on. 

Add.  A  confidence  fo  rafbly  ventured — 
,    H.  WH.  Is,  1  own,  as  rare  as  the  generous  adion,  by 
which  you  have  made  me  your  friend  for  life. 

Add.  I  cannot  refill  you- — yes,  I  love  Louifa — the 
agitation  in  which  you  fee  me,  will  tell  you  how  much  I 
love  her.  While  I  believed  her  the  crph;m  of  a  poor 
and  humble  clergyman,  I  flattered  myfelf  I  might  have 
obtained  her — but,  alas  ! 

//.  WH.  What  !  did  not  Von  Snarl  acknowledge  her 
for  his  daughter  ? 

Add.  Louifa  his  daughter  ! 

H.  WHI.  He  told  me  fo  himfelf  juil  now— 


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SIGHS  ;  OR, 


y^deL    She  faid  her  father  was  rich  !  [<vjith  emotion) 

H.  IVil.  I  am  to  marry  her. 

^ide!.  (Jiarts )  Ycii  are  to  marry  her  ? 

H.  WiL  T  came  hither  for  no  otlier  purpofe. 

jidcL  And  aw//  yovi  marry  her  ? 

//.  WiU  (holds  out  his  hand  to  Adelbert)  What  !  and 
break  the  heart  of  a  man  who  has  rifked  his  Hfe  for  me  ! 
give  me  your  hand,  {they  Jhake  hands)  If  you  cannot 
make  an  anfwer  for  me  to  that  queftion,  I'll  make  none 
for  myfelf. 

Adtl.  But  I  heard  of  a  match  that  was  in  treaty  for 
Jofephine. 

//.  WiL  Jofephine  !  well,  that's  fhe,  is  it  not  ? 

Adel.  I  don't  underftand  you. 

H.  Wil.  Von  Snarl  has  but  one  daughter,  has  he  ? 

Jldel.  Did  not  you  fay  Louifa  too  was  his  daughter  ? 

H.  WiL  Eh  ?  I  begin  to  fufpedt  fome  miflake — ^iet  us 
examine,  if  you  pleafe. 

\Adel.  You  came  to  this  houfe  to  marry  Louifa — 

H.  WiL  No  :  I  came  to  marry  Jofephine,  V on  Snarl's 
daughter. 

AdeL  And  who  wants  to  lorce  Louifa  on  you  ? 
H,  WiL  Why,  are  not  Jofephine  and  Louifa  the  fame 
perfon  ? 

AdeL  By  no  means. 

H.  WiL  Then  one  of  them  has  made  a  fool  of  me. 
Which  of  the  two  is  the  merrier  ? 
AdeL  Jofephine. 

H.  WiL  Hurra  !  that's  my  girl  then  !  fhake  hands 
again — the  firft  was  a  fentimental  lhake,  and  this  is  a 
merry  one.    We  fhall  not  be  rivals. 

AdeL  Again  I  do  not  comprehend  you. 

H.  W/7.  Why,  the  truth  is,  I  am  very  properly  fcrved 

,  I  came  into  this  hcufe  under  a  falfe  name,  and  the 

girls  have  outwitted  me — Jofephine  fufpeded  my  defign, 
and  pafs'd  herfelf  on  me  for  Louifa  Rofe.  I'll  be  re- 
veng'd  ;  tho'  egad,  I  like  her  better  than  ever. 

AdeL  Then  you  know  nothing  of  Louifa  ? 

H.  W/7.  I  never  imagined,  till  this  moment,  that  there 
■was  fuch  a  perfon  in  e:xiftence.  I'll  go  down  and  look  for 
that  merry  girl  again,  and  if  I  find  her — {going)  One 
word  before  I  go,  my  dear,  new  friend.  You  perceive  I 
am  likely  to  have  ibme  interell  in  this  houfe,  and  if  it 


THE  D-AVGHTER. 


57 


can  avail  yon  with  Louifa,  you  ftail  find  that  the  mark 
a  rafcal  has  left  on  your  wrirt,  will  be  much  fooner  worn 
av/ay  than  the  impreffion  you^have  made  on  an  honed 
man's  heart.    Come  along. 

\_Exeunt  Hans  William  Adelbert, 

END  OF   THE   FOURTH  ACT. 


ACT  V.    SCENE  I. 

A  Hal/  in  Von  SnarlV  Haufe, 

Enter  Mrs.  Rose,  nuith  keys  in  her  handy  crojfmg  the  ft  age* 
Josephine  follonving, 

Jof.  Mrs.  Rofe  ! 

Mrs,  R.  Aye,  to  be  fure  f  Mrs.  Rofe  mufl:  be  every 
where  at  once  !  Well,  child,  what  do  you  want  with 
Mrs.  Rofe  ? 

Jof,  I  thought  I  faw  Mr.  Adelbert  return. 

Mrs,  R,  Yes,  yes,  he  is  come  home  fure  enough. 

Jof,  And  a  young  gentleman  with  him-; — 

Mrs,  R,  A  young  gentleman  !  I  was  on  the  ftair- 
cafe,  with  a  fugar  loof  under  my  arm — fo  I  (lop'd  and 
made  a  curtfy.  Mr.  Adelbert  bow'd  very  pohtely,  I 
muft  fay  that  for  him — but  the  other  yotoig  gentleman 
brufbed  by  me,  as  if  he  would  have  knockM  me  down. 

Jof.  He  was  attentive  only  to  his  friend,  who  was 
wounded. 

Mrs,  Rofe,  Manners  are  good  at  all  times,  fay  I. 
Enter  LouisA. 

Well,  Louifa— 

jrof.  Have  you  heard  what  occafioned  the  duel  ? 
Lcui.  Oh  !  it  v/as  fuch  a  generous  adion  of  Mr.  Adel- 
bert, to  

Mrs,  R.  A  generous  allien  !  to  thrufl  a  fword  thro* 
a  man's  body  I  You  have  forgot,  I  fancy,  what  excel- 
lent things  my  hufband  faid  in  his  fermon  againft  duels 
 poor  dear  Dr.  Olearius  ! 

Lout.  Dear  mother,  if  you  would  now  but  ftep  up  to 
poor  Mr.  Adelbert — perhaps  he  wants- iielp — you  have 
feveral  fine  receipts  for  wounds,  you  know. 


S8 


siGris  ;  OK, 


Mrs.  R,  Child,  I  have  a  gfeat  many  excelle^n  wound- 
balfams — but  /ftep  up  into  the  young  man's  room  !  you 
know  before  one  is  come  to  a  certain  age — 

Loui.  A  certain  age  1  and  what  does  that  fignify  ? 
I  think  at  any  time  of  Hfe  we  fliould  give  our  help  to  a 
fellow-creature,  wl^en  it  is  wanted. 

Mr,  R,  You  are  right,  my  dear  :  When  we  can  be 
ufeful,  we  muft  fome'cimes  difregard  llanderous  tongues — 
fo  I'll  carry  Mr.  Adelbert  the  black  ointment,  which 
ftands  on  the  chimney  in  my  room — but  don*t  let  any 
body  know  it. 

Jo/,  Oh,  there's  only  that  young  man  there,  he  won't 
tell. 

Mrj.  R.  Oh,  mercy  !  if  it  Ihould  be  known  that  I 
vifited  a  young  man  in  his  bed-room  I  however,  I'll  car- 
ry him  the  black  ointment.  [^x/V  Mrs.  Rose. 

LouL  Now,  my  dear  jofephine,  let  me  tell  you  what 
haspaft — but  I  am  fo  ccnfufed,  I  can  ha4*diy  fpeak. 

Ja/,  For  joy,  or  grief  ? 

Xsui,  Oh  1  for  both*    In  the  firft  place— my  father— 

%/  Whofe  whims  begin  to  tire  me— 

Xou/,  I  fummoned  up  all  my  couragei  tnd  fpoke  te 
him— and  am  fo  happy-— 

^of.  Well-«what  has  pafs'd  ? 

LQHf.  He  promifed  to  tell  me  all  his  {brrews, 

ypf.  Then,  I  don't  wonder  at  your  being  happyi 
Upon  my  word  you  are  much  obliged  to  him— 

Loui.^  And  he  defired  me  to  meet  him  in  his  room-!-"' 

yof  And  are  you  prepared  in  what  you  will  fay  to 
him  i 

Loui.  No,  not  I — .but  my  heart  will  be  full — and  thea 
I  warrant  I  (han't  want  words  to  tell  it's  meaning. 
I/.  V/iL  {  vjithout)  Jofephine  !  Jofephine  ! 
Jof.  Who  calls  me  > 

[Louisa  goes  to  the  fide  of  the  JlagSy  Hans  William 
ters  and  fe'tzes  her  hand. ] 

H.  Wtl.  Oh  !  are  you  found  by  the  true  name  ?  eh  ! 
who  is  this  r  I  beg  a  thoufand  pardons,  madam — 

Jof.  Ha,  ha  !  fairly  caught  !  Give  me  leave,  Sir,  to 
introduce  you  to  this  young  lady— 'This  is  Mifs  Jofe- 
phine— My  dear  Jofephine,  this  is  Mr.  Timothy  Trifle— 

Loui.  Sir,  my  name,  is  Louifii  RoTe— ^ 


TH£  DAUGHTER. 


59 


J7.  Wil.  Another  Louifa  Rofe  ?  And  yet  I  heard  a 
perfon  in  this  houfe  fay  jufl:  now,  that  there  is  but  one 
Louifa  Rofe  in  the  world — (Josephine  fmiles^  Louisa 
blufljcf)  Well,  my  dear  Louifa  Rofes,  inform  me  where  I 
may  find  the  real,  genuinej^/zz^/t"  Joiephine. 

Jcf  What  is  your  pleafure,  Sir,  with  her  ? 

B.  IViL  Exactly  this.  If  you  are  both  Louifa  Rofe,  I 
have  no  bufniefs  with  either  of  you — but  if  you  arc  both 
Jofephine,  I  am  refolved  I'll  marry  you  both. 

Loui.  Is  not  this  the  gentleman  you  expected  to-day  ? 

Jof.  What,  my  lover,  Hans  William  ?  Oh,  no,  he 
wears  a  faU  bottom'd  wig,  has  a  ihriil  voice,  and  is  ban- 
dy-leg'd. 

B.  IViL  He  is  very  like  me,  for  all  thar. 

Jof.  No.  I  have  been  expeding  liim  this  whole  morn- 
ing, and  in  the  mean  time  comes  this  faucy — 

H,  Wil,  Take  care  what  your  are  going  to  call  me — 
(Louisa  is  gcirig) 

Jof.  Stay,  Louifa,  don't  go — not  that  I  am  afraid  of 
being  left  alone  with  Mr.  TriHe,  but  that — 

Loui.  I  mud  go,  now,  to  the  perfon  I  told  you  of — 
when  I  come  back,  I'll  meet  you  in  your  room.         , . 

\_Exit  Louisa. 

jof.  And  now,  Sir,  I  defire  to  know  whether  you  are 
Hans  William,  or  Trifle  ? 

H.  Wit.  Which  do  you  wifii  I 

Jof.  Neither — Can  you  fpeak  the  truth  ? 

B.  Wil.  Certainly. 

Jof  Do  it,  then,  this  moment- 

B.  WiL  I  am  in  love  with  you. 

Jof.  Pfa  !  who  afked  you  that  ? 

//.  Wil.  Have  you  fettled,  what  day  will  be  convenient 
for  our  wedding  I 

Jof.  What,  then,  vou  are  determined  to  marry  me  ? 
.  B.  Wil.  Pcfitlvely. 
Jof  And  have  you  ipoken  to  my  father. 
B.  Wil.  Yes. 
Jof  And  what  faid  he  ? 

B.  Wil.  He  requeued  me  never  to  put  my  foot  over 
his  threfhold  again. 

Jof  Indeed  I  and  what  induces  you  to  refufe  Lira 
fuch  a  trifling  requell  ? 


6o 


SIGK5  ;  OR, 


H.  Wil.  I  do  not — I  mean  to  take  him  at  his  word, 
only  I  defign  to  take  you  with  me. 
,Jof  Are  voii  quite  fare  of  that  ? 
//.  WIL  Quite— 

jfof.  Without  letting  me  know  who  you  are  !  When 
a  man  intends  to  rob  an  honcft  girl  of  her  name,  he 
fiiould  at  lead  provide  her  with  another. 

H.  JVil.  Nay,  I  give  you  your  choice  of  two. 

Jof.  Well,  then,  your  name  is  not  Trifle. 

H.  Wil.  No  more  than  your's  is  Louifa  Rofe. 

Jof,  Why  did  you  wiih  to  impofe  on  me  ? 

H.  Wil  I'll  tell  you.  Your  father  and  mine  have 
treated  our  love  a  little  too  much  in  a  mercantile  manner. 

Jof,  Our  love  ! 

H.  V/il.  I  did  not  wifh  to  contradict  my  father,  and  as 
■  my  heart  was  free.  I  neither  promifed  or  refufed,  but  I 
was  determined  frrft  to  take  a  look  at  you.-  "  If  I'had 
"  not  liked  you,  I  Ihould  have  been  off  again  in  a  "mo- 
^-  ment  ;  bat — here  I  am  ftill  ;  and,  to  own  the  truth  at 

once — I  do  like  you. 

"  Jof.  You're  very  flattering. 

**  H.  Wil.  i\nd  therefore,  meaning  to  be  a  dutiful  fori 
— {^advances  to-war ds  Jos.) 

J'J.  Hold!  hold  !  not  in  fuch  hafle"  perhaps  I 
may.  have  a  mind  firft  to  look  at  you  too. 

H.  Wil.  Witli  all  my  heart — (turns  round.') 

Jcf.  The  outfide  is  well  enough  ;  but  who  will  anfwer 
for  the  infide  ? 

H.  Wil.  That  you'll  find  out  after  the  wedding. 

jfof.  A  clear  bargain,  my  father  fays,  prevents  quarrels 
— ^fuppoie  we  agree  to  tell  our  own  faults  to  one  another, 
and  then  try  if  we  can  be  friends. 

If.  Wil.  With  all  my  heart. 

J^of.  Well,  do  you  begin. 

I/.  Wil.  Firll,  I  am  hotheaded  and  paflionate. 
■  yof.  That  may  be  cured  by  good  temper  on  my  parto 

H.  Wil.  I'm.carelefs. 

yof.  That  v/ill  be  cured,  when  you  have  a  wife  to  look 
after. 

H.  Wil.  I  am  vain. 

yof.  That  you  mull  only  be  of  me. 

H.  Wil,  I  ihall  be  vainer  than  ever,  if  I  win  you  for 
my  wife. 


THE  DAUGHTER. 


Jof,  Well,  that  ril  forgive — proceed. 

H,  WiL  That  is  all. 
^      Jof.  Oh,  then  you  may  be  endured. 

H.  Wil.  I  hope  fo  ;  and  now  it's  your  turn  to  tell 
^  your  faults. 

Jcf.  I  have  none, 
k     //.  Wil.  None  at  all  ! 
L    7^f'  Girls  have  no  faults  before  marriage. 
F.   H.  Wil.  And  after  marriage  \ 
Ik  .  ^of.  Have  none  but  in  the  eyes  of  their  hufbands. 
B       Wil,  So,  we  have  fettled  our  accounts  already. 
E '  jfof.  Hold,  hold  !  there  are  a  few  other  things  to  be 
di/cufs'd.    Have  you  no  bad  habits  ? 
M.  Wil.  None  that  I  knov/  of. 
,     yof  How  do  you  pafs  the  day,  when  you  are  at 

II.  WiL  I  have  a  fooliOi  cuftom  of  my  country  ;  I 
like  a  pipe  for  an  hour  or  two. 

y^f.  I  cannot  endure  it ;  you  muft  give  up  the  pipe. 

H.  W/7.  I  (hall  find  that  difficult,  perhaps. 

yof.  As  you  pleafe  ;  I  can  play  with  my  lap-dog, 
while  you  are  fmoking. 

H.  W/7.  Your  lap-dog  ! 

yof.  I  can  leave  him  when  you  leave  your  pipe, 

H.  W/7.  I  give  up  the  pipe. 
'    Jof.  I  give  up  tlie  lap-dog.    Well,  proceed  with  the 
;  day. 

H,  Wil.  I  love  to  dine  at  two. 

yof,  I  hate  to  dine  *til  four. 
;    H.  W/7.  For  your  fake  I  can  dine  an  hour  later. 
I    yof.  To  oblige  you,  I  would  dine  an  hour  eaflier, 
I     H.  W/7.  Then  at  three. 
;  Agreed. 

I     H.  W/7.  After  dinner  I  take  a  nap. 
'     jfof.  And  I  take  an  airing. 

H.  W/7.  Without  me  ! 
i     yof.  I  cannot  take  your  bed  in  my  carriage. 

H.  W/7.  But  fuppofe  I  don't  fleep. 

yof.  Then  I  don't  go  out. 

H»  W/7.  In  the  evening  I  go  to  the  club. 

yof  And  I  invite  company. 

H.  Wil.  Whom  I  don't  knov/  ! 


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SIGHS  ;  oa, 


Jof.  I  cannot  aik  your  club  into  my  apartment. 
H.  W//.  Then  I  lhall  ftay  at  home. 
Jof.  And  I  IKall  have  no  company  but  thofe  whomj 
you  invite. 

H.  W/7.  Well — fo  far  we  proceed  cordially  ;  but  IJ 
have  one  bad  habit,  I  own,  not  fo  eafy  to  be  got  rid  of  ;1 
you  will  overlook  it,  I  dare  fay  ;  I  cannot  help  falling  iii 
love  with  every  pretty  woman  I  fee. 

Jof.  Oh,  that's  of  no  importance  at  all.. 

H.  W;/.  Indeed  !  v/ell,  that's  very  gpod-natured. 
{Nettled.) 

Jof.  I  cannot  be  otherwife  than  good-natured  on 
head,  becaufe  I  have  exatflly  the  fame  fault. 

H.  W;V.  Eh  ! 

Jof.  I  cannot  help  Unking  every  handfome  man  that 
comes  in  my  way. 

H.  W/7.  What  » 

Jof  I  like  to  hear  men  pay  me  compliments. 

H.  W//.  Do  you  ? 

Jof  Make  proteftatlons  to  me — ■  ift 

H.  W//.  Do  you  ?  4r^-- 

fof  Swear  folemn  vows  to  me — = 
.  H.  W/7.  Do  you?  \ 
.  ]of  To,  be  furc  ;  what  is, the  matter  with  you  ?  Yoiit 
dillike  \U  do  ym  ?  \ 

H.  Wi/.  Suppofe  we  both  leave  off  this  lad  trick  ?  ^ 

lof  How  is  that  to  be  managed  ? 

H.  W//.  Suppofe  I  have  no  eyes  but  for  you  ? 

Jo/I  To  that  I  confent. 

H.  W/7.  Suppofe  you  have  none  but  for  me  ? 
lof  That  will  be  tie  confequence  of  the  other. 
H.  W/7.  Say  you  fo  ?  then  give  me  your  hand  in 
earned:. 

lof  Yes  ;  but  you  mud  firfl  obtain  my  fa,ther's  leave 
to  ftep  over  the  threfhold. 

H.  W/7.  [fnatches  her  hand  and  kijes  it. )  Come  along, 
my  charming  girl,  I'll  obtain  your  father's  leave  to  de 
every  thing  that  you  bid  me,  as  lon^  as  we  live- 

[^Exeunt 


THE    DAXTGHTER.  63 


SCENE  II. 


fiLE&POLD'j-  apartment i  hung  round  uoith  Hack  ;  at  the 
hack  of  the  Jiage  the  door  of  a  Cabinet ^  or  fmall  inner  rooviy 
clofed,  andftlk  curtains  dranvn  before  it.  Furniture  fuited 
to  the  melancholy  of  the  apartment  >~\ 

Enter  Leopold,  niufnig. 

An  hour  has  neatly  pafTed,  ^nd  Louifa  will  prefently 
be  here.  For  the  firft  time,  fmce  fifteen  years  have  elap- 
fed,  the  foot  of  a  ftranger  will  tread  the  fanduary  of  ray 
forrows  ;  for  the  firft  time  my  heart  will  open  itfelf  to 
fympathy,  and  the  tears  of  another  being  will  be  mixed 
with  mine.  I  feel  myfelf  unaccountably  attra<5t€d  towards 
that  good  girl.    Hark  !  fhe  is  come. 

luQxsi^R.  opens  the  door ^  and  enters  timoroufy. 

l.eop.  You  are  true  to  your  appointment,  Louifa. 
'Loui.  I  have  counted  the  minutes  ever  fmce  I  left  you. 
What  a  dark  and  difmal  room  this  is  ! 

lieop.  It  v/ears  the  color  of  mourning  ■;  "..Tn  ihr  ?\r^^ 
hnur'i  ff  j;;rirf  the  ryr  firde  vrirh  pi  if  iii  fti  thefe  coni 
y  genial  hues  ;  but  a  real  and  lading  >gr^-^  ^y^ij.r^ 
if  thr  irrry  i'vySv tVi^r;-.  y^iyi  ^i:ftiy|A:r.-r.r  jj^  -p^y  fight 
thefe  walls  are  now  a  mere  blank.  So  alfo  to  me  is  life, 
—-mournful  and  void. 

Lout.  You  faid  your  life  was  not  always  fo  fad. 
"Leop,  I  enjoyed  it's  morning,  but  it's  noon  was  ftormy  ; 
and,  now  it's  clofmg  eve,  fhade  deepening  over  lhade, 
wraps  me,  bewildered  and  perplexed,  in  cheerlefs  darknefs. 

"Loui.  But  indeed,  indeed,  I  am  fure  your  evening  may 
ht  brighter,  if  you  choofe. 

^I^Xf  i  choofc  I  Catt  I  command;  tk<i  'a^iauda  thai 


linl^you 


LouU  Yes,  I  do  thinfe^you  may.    New,  pray,  liflen  to 
l^ftn-laavQ  b(*uA  sic^v)"  ^uuJ  lu  ww"  j  3  un  Iiukl 


^  r  confidence  ;  you  have  made  ine  feel  as  if 


^^ry  narb  mo;  if  flbLak  i^h.iL  I  ihiii 


 *e»p  ■  "Bp^^ngryjyiTiiih  y^Wf  ^iili 

'Loui.  Yes,  don't  be  angry  with  me,  if  I  tell  you,  that 
I  think  you  have  been  unkind  to  yourfelf. 


6+ 


SIGHS  ;  OR, 


Leop.  How  fo,  Louifa  ? 

Loui,  By  cafting  one  from  you,  whofe  love  ap.d  duty 
feach  her,  that  her  chief  happinefs  would  be  to  give  you 
comfort. 

Leop.  I  imdcrftand  you,  Louifa.  But  tell  me, — tell 
me,  girl,  wherefore  you  are  fo  warmly  intefefted  in  my 
daughter's  fate.    You  fp'oke  to  me  of  her  before. 

LguL  She — fhe  is  my  friend. 

Leop.  Vvhy  did  you  not  inform  me  of  this  fooner  ? 
Lout.  Becaufe  I  know  how  earncftly  your  poor  child 
fighs  for  her  fatlv^r's  love  ;  «hpr-)nfr  I  tjuulj  fiiiehiiuij^A 
il'y  yQii  ihnnlii  hfl  4o  fifrere  towards  her  ;  and  bl« 


:aufe  I  wanted  to  obferve  you  firil,  and  learn  on  wha : 
iccount  it  was  you  hated  her. 

Leop.  Hated  her  !  tell  me  fomething  of  my  daaghtei . 

'*  Loiii.  I  can  tell  you  nothing,  but  of  Tier  unhappineJ  i 

— of  hsr  tears. 

"  Leop,  (affefied)  Docs  Die        fnrfi  Invr  f"^r  r""  ^ 
*r  J.r.^j.  ]>p'"g  -"^'^  Imrr  ymi      Oh  !  Since  llie  has  been 
■id  enough  to  learn  what  happinefs  means,  the  wilh  to 
known  to  you  has  been  the  dcarefi  cf  h?r  heart.  Her 
tears  have  often  fallen  upon  my  bofom.    8he  h^B,  many 
^tid  many  a  time,  felt  bitter  anguilh,  while  Ihe  fut  alone^-  J 
iighing  out — <*  My  father  does  not  love  me  !"  > 
.iect.  She  fliall  return  to" me — 
Lra;.  Shall  fhe  ?  lhall  liie  indeed  !^ 
Leop.  Yes  !  Let  her  come  !  And*,'when  clafping  hec 
in  my  arms,  joy  fhall  overjiower  my  fenfes,  and  tears  ftiall 
be  my  only  utterance,  then — then  Ihe  will  be  alfured 
that  I  love  her. 

Lo:i/.  [tre7?ib['i}i7y  and  grafping  Leopold'/  hand^  I—- 1 
hope  I  may  believe  you. 


demn  me,  girl,  if  I  have  appeared  cold  and  unc 
cerned  for  one,  v/hofe  welfare  is  fo  deai  to  me  ;  fuc 
as,  for  thefe  few  months  pall,  rca  have  fe en  me — fuel 
have  I  been  for  feventeen  years. ;  durjjug  that  period 
have  fometimes  lived  for  men,  but  no  one  has  lived  foi 
me.    You,  my  good  girl,  are  the  firll  who,  have  re 
kindled  in  my  heart  the  defire  to  fee  my  daughter. 
"  Lorn.  Then  ^^V^--^^-^"  ^]^jj^rv..,rv.^^^      \\Y^-}-  T  rrit^'^ 


ed  this  houfe  ! 

r.^y.   y  MrA         Hear  me,  Loulla,  cenfure  me,  but 


pity  and  excufs  me,.    I  was  once  rich,  for  I  poifelfed, 


THE  DAUGHTER. 


6 


m  a  virtuous  wife,  the  only  true  riches  of  this-  v/orlJ, 
Content  and  Cheerfulnefs.  "V\1ien  the  Creator  -finlfhed 
his  glorious  -work  of  nature,  he  added  its  laft  bright  orna- 
ment, Woman  !  I  loved  one  alone  among  all  beings. — 

I  had  chofen  her  from  a  world,  and  from  a  world  I 
would  ftiU  choofc  her."  The  years  of  our  firR  love  fled 
fwiftly  into  that  eternity  where  fhe  now  refides.  The 
birth  of  a  daughter-  was  the  deareft  and  lad  moment  of 
my  happinefs.  Scarcely  had  Ihe  beheld  the  light,  whcuy 
her  mother  died — ['Lovi^a  appears  affeded)  her  infant 
cries  were  the  dirge  of  all  my  joys  oH  earth. 
Poor  innocent  ! 

Leap.  While  yet  Emilia's  grave  was  frefh,  I  clafpM 
Iiet  infant  to  my  bofom,  and  flying  from  the  world,  re- 
folved  to  live  for  my  child  alone.  She  was  the  only 
treafure  left  to  me  on  earth. 

LciiL  And  why  did  you  forfake  that  child  ? 

Leop.  Maik  me.  As  I  convey'd  miy  little  one  to  the 
fofterlng  refuge  I  had  provided  for  her,  methought  her 
mothers  fpirit  beamed  in  her  features.  Oh  !  vrhat  did 
that  look  elteft  !   *'  The  keen  remembrance  of  my  lofs 

pierced  anev<r  into  my  foul."  I  dreaded  to  turn  m.y 
eyes  again  tcv/ards  my  child — her  exigence  had  deftroy- 
ed  what  w^'s  dearer  to  me  than  my  own — I  entiTifted  her 
with  thofe,  of  whofe  kind  hearts  I  Vv'as  well  affured.  Eu- 
flnefs  called  me  away — concerns  of  my  wife's  fortune — 
'fter  a  pauCe  Jhe  fJpiidders)  I  have  never  returned  to  my 
..lid. 

Loi'J.  Had  fhe  deferved  this  ? 

Leop.  Day  p.fler  day,  year  after  year,  have  I  ardently 
fighed  to  meet  my  child  again.  •  But  fhe  is  v^ell,  and 
i.appy  j  and  what  could  my  prefence  bellow  ?  The  fight 
rf  my"  afHiclicn — of  my  mifery — I  "  ftrove  to  roufe  me 
from  difpair — I  turned  from  the  grave,  which  had  de- 
voured my  hopes,  and  fought  for  confolation  among 
'  mien — I  told  them  m.y  forrows,  and  met  derlfion — un- 
**  til  at  laft  I  fhut  my  bofom  againft  the  ^^•orld,  and"  fled, 
where  only  I  could  cfcape  torm^cnts — to  Iblitudc. 

Lotii.  Ah  !  l^m  afraid  you  found  little  comfort  there. 
^  Lecp,  Such  as  you  fee  me  now  pofTefs.  Yet  here  has 
miicy  furniihed  me  v/ith  ample  food  for  fadnefs  ;  here 
have  I  framed  a  facred  record  of  my  beloved  Em.iha  ; 

F  2 


65 


SIGHS  ;  OR, 


here  I  gathered  every  remember'd  objesfl,  that  had  bten 
dear  to  her  ;  yes — here  her  fpirit  dwells  ;  here  often  in 
my  thoughts  lias  communed  with  m.e.  Elfe  how  could 
I  have  endured  fo  much  ? 

[^Dunna  tbefs  lajl  linss,  Leopold  takes  Louisa*/  hand luith 
great  e7?iotion,  and  leads  her  tcnvards  the  door  of  tl}e  cahi- 
net  ;  flops  fuddenly.'] 
"Hp    Wilt  thou  not  tremble,  girl  ?  Yet,  'tisv  imagination  fills 
the  fcens — all  is  but  lliew — the  mockery  of  my  heart's 

\  Opens  tJ:ie  folding  doers  of  the  cabinet,  and  difcoversy  nvlihin^ 
an  emhlematk  tranfpareficy^  in  nuhich  is  the  iianie  of  EMI- 
^IfftHiji^-  LIA,  ivrittcn  in  large,\ckaraneh 

Loui.  (nearly  fainting^  falls  on  the  groimd )  My  mother  1 

Lecp.  What  do  you  mean.  ?  Who  art  thou,  Louifa  ? 

Loiil,  Your  daughter.  (Leopold,  trejuhlmgy  raifcs 
hsr )  Forgive  me,  my  dear  father,  but — 

Leop.  Art  thou  indeed  my  daughter  ? 

Loui.  Oh  !  Does  not  your  heart  tell  you  fo  ? 

{throws  herfelf  into  his  arvis. ) 

Leop.  Oh,  yes,  thou  art — thou  art  my  child. 

Loui.  My  letters  could  not  move  you — I  wifh^d  ftill  to 
try  if  I  could  win  your  love.  Jofephine  affifted  mc — I 
pafs'd  here  for  the  daughter  of  

Lecp,  I  comprehend  it  all.  How  could  I  fo  long  de- 
ny myfelf  this  comfort  !  (embraces  ber).  Support  me,  my 
child, — lead  me  nearer, — that,  in  the  prcience  of  ihy  mo- 
llier's  fpirit,  I  may  blefs  thee — 

[^A  noffe  heard  nvithout.  il^EovohT)  flartsj  and  fjuts  the 

cabinet.    ADELBERT>/;/(?rj  hafnly.~\ 
•  yldel.  Pardon,  generous'  man,  pardon  this  intrufion.  i 
■r?uifi  have  leave  to  fpeak  ;  you  have  given  me  fo  lingular 
a  proof  of  your  benevolence. 

Leop.  You  furpiife  me  !  I,  Sir  ? 

Jld'.'l.  Was  it  not  by  your  order  that  this  note  was  con- 
veyed into  my  room  ?. 

Leop.  No,  not  by  m-inc  ;  [looks  at  Louisa,  nvho  cajlr 
donjon  her  eyes)  but  I  gucfs  by  whom  it  was  beftowed^ 
That  glowing  cheek,  that  down-caft  look,  diiclofe  the 
truth — the  perfon,  to  whom  you  are  indebted,  (lands  be- 
fore you. 

.AdcL  I^ouifa  ! 


THE  DAUGHTLK. 


Leop»  Give  me  the  note.    Come,  my  chiidren,  let  us 
haften  to  meet  my  brother — he  has  long  borne  with  my 
^,  difcontcnt — he  fliall  be  the  firll  witnefs  of  my  returning 

joy- 

SCENE  nr. 

r be  Hall, 

Enter  Totum,  in great  bujky  and  Nicholas. 

Tot.  Well,  Nicholas — are  the  conftables  polled  ? 

Nic.  They  are  ready,  down  at  the  door. 

Tot.  Down  at  the  door — right*  Let  no  one  take  his 
head  out  of  the  houfe  ;  if  I  call,  be  ready,  at  a  moment's 
notice  ;  away  ;  no  blunders  ;  good  Nicholas. 

[_Exeunt  Totum       Nicholas  on  oppofite Jides* 

Enter  Von  Snarl,  Josephine  and  Hans  William, 

V.  Sn.  Fine  doings,  indeed  !  Did  not  I  tell  you  never 
to  come  into  my  houfe  again  ? 

H.  Will.  And  did  not  I  tell  you  that  I  would  come  in- 
to it  again  ?  This  is  the  letter  from  my  father  

F,  S».  Pfha  !  I  fuppofe  it's  all  about  the  red  nofe  and 
the  peaches. 

H.  W//.  Read  it. 

y.  Sn.  What  fliould  I  read  it  for  P  I  have  told  you 
already  to  get  out  of  my  houfe. 

H.  W/V.  I'll  go,  as  foon  as  you  have  read  the  letter. 
y      V.  Sn.  Well,  you  lhall  not  fpoil  the  fweetnefs  of  my 
temper.    I  have  read  many  ufelefs  letters  in  my  life  be- 
fore this  :  [opens  the  letter  and  reads)  "  The  bearer  of  this, 
^<  my  lawful  fon  and  heir,  Hans  William,  (furprifed)  whom 
I  fend  in  good  condition," 

//.  Wil.  Yes,  I'm  in  pretty  good  cafe — '• 
V.  Sn.  "  By  this  day's  mail" — hem—"  Vander  Hou- 
fen  &  Co." — the  devil  !  you  have  taken  me  in,  (forces  a 
iat^gk)  ha — ha — I  thought  you  had  too  honeft  a  face  for 
a  cheat.  Did  n.  t  I  tell  you,  Jofephine,  he  was  of  prime 
,  quality  ;  but  Huns  mull. not  come  near  you — {to  H.  W.) 
give  me  your  hand — you  are  a  rogue  and  a  wit  ;  but  if 
you  had  not  been  a  rich  rogue,  like  myfelf — 

Jof.  (to  H.  Wil.)  You  would  be  a  rogue  and  a  thief— 
//.  Wii.  And  mull  never  more  have  put  my  foot  over 
the  threlhold — . 


6S 


V,  S?u  Well,  well,  why  d'ye  put  me  in  mind  of  that  ?  4 
If  I  had  not  the  fweeteft' temper —  \ 
Enter  Leopold.  | 

Lcop.  Brother,  give  me  joy  ;  Louifa  Rofe  ihall  be  mar-  , 
ried  to-day,  as  you  faid. 

V.  Sn.  Oh,  (he  confents  at  laft  to  take  eighty  thoufand  : 
marks,  does  llie  ?  ' 

Leop.  She  will  give  her  hand,  as  it  fliould  always  be  , 
given,  where  the  heart  guides  it."  -^i^, 

V,  Sn.  And  why  did  fne  plague  me  this  morning  with  ; 
all  that  nonfenfe    Only  to  put  me  in  a  paffion  ! 

Enter  ToTVVi  ajidyix^.  Rose.  «9| 

Tot.  Now,  Sir,  the  conftables  are  at  the  door — he  can^ 
not  have  negociated  the  bill  already  ;  Oh,  yonder  he 
comes  ;  now,  Sir — 

Leop.  (looks  toivards  the  fide  fcene)  Adelbert  !  a  bill  !  •? 
what  is  aU  this  ? 

V.  Sn.  Why,  what  fhould  it  be  ?  Totum  has  a  charge 
againft  my  lodger  for  a  note,  purporting  to  be  draivn  by. 
you,  for  three  hundred  zrov^nz. 

H.  Wil.  A'gainft  my  friend  ! 

V.  Sn.  Your  friend  I  Do  you  know  any  thing  more  of 
him  ? 

H.  Wil.  Yes,  I  know  him  for  one  who  thinks  every, 
ftranger  entitled  to  his  regard,  and  who  v/ill  rather  riik 
his  life,  than  fuffer  an  honeft  man  to  become  the  dupe  of 
a  knave.  Perhaps  I  may  find  {looks  at  Totum  it-///; /corn)  ' 
an  opportunity  of  doing  as  much  for  him. 

Leop.  Here  is  the  note,  -^iVTltten  by  myfelf  ;  you  found 
it  in  the  hands  of  a  mxan  of  integrity,  and,  as  a  proof  of 
my  ejfteem  for  him,  I  mean  to  make  him  heir  to  my 
whole  fortune. 

V.  Sn.  You  do  \  and  pray  what  becomes  of  your 
daughter  ? 

Enter  Adelbert  and  Louisa. 
Leop.  Behold  her  (Von  Snarl  and  Totum  e:<prefs 
furprife)  In  the  fond  and  artlefs  affedlions  of  Jier  mind, 
while  I  recognized  tKe  image  of  her  whom  I  adored,  I 
read  likewiie,  in  forcible  charaders,  my  own  duty  ;  yes, 
this  is  my  daughter,  and,  if  I  guefs  the  heart  aright,  this 
is  my  fon. 


THE  DAUGHTER, 


/Idcl  An  outcaft  ! 

Lccp.  You  have  found  an  afylum  here.  Accept  her, 
Adelbert  ;  with  iny  whole  heart  I  give  her  to  you. 

Mrs.  R.  Oh,  what  a  fine  fermon  my  poor  dear  Dr. 
Olearius  would  have  made  on  this  occafion  ! 

V»  Sn.  So  I  I  fliall  give  Louifa  a  wedding-dinner,  as  I 
faid  ;  I'm  right  this  time,  in  fpite  of  you  ail. 

Tot.  And  if  this  be  the  cafe,  I  may  as  well  make  the 
conftables  void.  Kymen  has  pioteUed  my  draught  i 

"■liniii  frr  ninr  rhr  "Pfl^-^  ^^'l1d  r^?^-^       rry■^rr^\^         -my  Im^. 

*w#et/^    Hang  Kymen  !  Plague  light  on  the  Pole  !- 

ToTUM. 

Leop.  The  indulgence  of  a  gloomy  temper  has  Helen 
from  my  life  its  fweetell  hours,  and  drawn  fighs  from  the 
bofom  of  innocence — my  child,  forgive  me  !  Amid  tears 
of  anguiih  and  defpair  you  were  baptized.  Amid  thofe 
of  repentance  and  joy,  receive  a  father's  blefling  ! 

Trii.v'r.ri  nf"Wiy  ptirorj  T  »i  ill  iimi  iLLuin%'^iih  uhioitalnei 


to  tlie  world,  and  bear,  without  repining,  the  lot  whicij 
heaven  has  aflfigned  me.    The  prefent  motions  cf  m\ 
*  heart  inflrudl  me,  that  there  is  no  cordial  for  a  parent's 


FINIS, 


Enter  Totum,  nx}ith  a  Pencil  a7jd  Pocket-Book,  at  cypher ingy 
Louisa  folb'wing  kirn. 


Spoken  £r  mr.  FJPf^CETT  and  mrs.  GIBBS. 


EPILOGUE, 


Loui.   What  !    counting  ftill  ?   Let  our  account 

ftated. 
Tci.  Debit  or  credit  ? 

LouL  Both  muft  hence  be  rated  

Tot.  You  know  I  clofed  my  books  j  my  chance  was 

over, 

Yotjrfcratch'd  my  heart,  and  then  /cratch' d  dut  the  lover. 
Yet  was  that  juit  ?  when  1  "the  firflr*of  clerks,  * 
Totum,  fole  heir  to  eighty  thoufand  marks — 
Aye — eighty  thoufand  marks,  as  1  could  prove— 
Loui.  I'd  value  more  one  fmgle  mark  of  love. 
Tot.  Oh  !  mighty  pretty  !  Mark  fbu  whom  you  fcom  ? 
Numbers  had  thought  you  fortunately  bom — 
Z.ottt\  Numbers  } 

Tot.  Beware,  how  numbers  you  difpife  : 
A  lucky  number  conftitutes  a  prize  : 
And  fafe,  at  leaft,  thro'  life  th*  account  will  run. 
If  you  ftill  do,  aR  numbers  long  have  done. 
Nay,  more — of  various  numbers  note  the  ufe  ;  ^ 
To  take  your  troubles  off,  you  call  the  Deuce  I  ■ 
In  boyiifh  paftimes  of  our  early  lives,  J^j 
We  fport  and  gambol  in  a  game  of  Fives  ;  5 
And  riper  wits,  when  they  afpire  to  fhine,  j| 
Whom  do  they  firft  addrefs  for  aid  ?  The  Nine, 
A  magic  fpelPs  in  numbers.  ^ 

Loui.  May  be  fo — 
But  fay,  has  love  to  do  with  numbers  ?  No — 
Who  truly  courts  his  fmile,  will  niimbers  fiiun. 
And  look  for  happinefs  in-— 

Tot.  {inter rnpiing  'LQV IS k)  Number  one... 
•*  Then  fince  hj  charn'liers  t^tch.  number''s  krioVnij 
««  Whofe  character  to-nigh^  was  firft  ;  my  own. 


C  71  ] 


Lcui.  "  No,  mine  :  I  fiiewM,  a  femaPs  virtuous  heart 
Is  the  bed  cordial  for  mlsfortune^s  fmart  : 
V7hen  gloomy  difcontent  and  forrow  ftrove 
To  rob  me  of  a  parent's  guardian  love, 
"  When  wintry  coldnefs  fat  upon  his  brow, 

And  fcarce  his  heart  could  Nature's  claim  allow, 
"  I  tried  to  fpeak  a  gentle  word  or  two, 
"  Tried  what  afFedion,  duty,  love,  could  do. 
^'  "  Till  all  the  chilling  froft  difTolv'd  away. 

And  Hope  returned  to  cheer  his  clofe  of  day." 
Tot.  Yet  there  are  numbers  that  are  fure  to  pleafe  : 
.^^The  more  the  merrier — 

LouL  Aye  !  wliich  are  they  ? 
Tot.  Thefe.     [points  to  the  audience^ 
Each  fide  well  balanced  with  a  good  round  fum. 
You'll  welcome  all,  as  many  as  will  come. 

Loui,  Yes,  thefe,  I  own,  afford  me  fatisfadion  ; 
From  thefe  no  harm  can  come — 

Tot.  Save  by  fubtradlion. 
{^Advances  nvith  three  lonu  boivsy  ayid  addrejjfcs  the  audience.'} 
Account  ftand  open  :  Seafon — fmalLand  Ihort ; 
Goods — trail  you  find  them  neat  as  we  import 
'Bating  performer's  nights,  or  newer  fun, 
We  hope  th'  account  will  prove  a  running  one, 

Loui.  [advances  from  the Jide  fcene^ 
Our  Author  trembles — 

Tot.  What  !  while  here  we  fue 
To  fuch  fair  faces  as,  to  count  them  true-— 

Loui.  Seem  all  bright  ftars,  that  gentle  influence  teach. 
Tot.  Brilliants — I  write — ten  thoufand  dollars  each. 
Here  while  I'm  firft— to  plead — ^by  you  (to  Louifa')  mj 
fecond— 

You  [to  ths  Audience)  gx2ixxt  us  plaudits,  more  than  can 

be  r<;ckon'd  ; 
The  trembling  bard  deliver  from  affright, 
And  prove  my  ready  reck'ning  ftill  is— right. 


